News provided by EIN Presswire Aug 25, 2023, 10:29 AM ET Horse campaigner Scott Beckstead to challenge Senator Ira Hansen in “The Dust-Up in the Desert: A Debate on Wild Horses and Their Place ...

The Forest Service’s program is smaller, with 17 so-called territories, mostly in central Nevada, where only about 2,500 wild horses and burros currently reside, according to the agency’s counts.

Wilkey, her husband and their four children were at the mountain range to do a photo shoot for another family when two wild horses appeared. Fox5 Las Vegas/YouTube Seconds later, the beast closed ...

“Nevada is home to more than 30,000 wild horses and burros – more than half of all the wild horses and burros in the United States,” said Congresswoman Dina Titus. “These icons of the ...

Wild horses and burros, considered to be an emblem of the unconquerable American West, have been a permanent fixture of the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert for centuries. They roam Nevada's ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path ...

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The goal for the government is to gather just over 11,000 wild horses nationwide before the end of the year. More than half of the horses are located in Nevada, right around Gerlach.

Investigators are looking into the suspected shooting deaths of a group of wild horses in Nevada and the possibility the case could be linked to heated debate over the future of mustangs in the ...

About 19,000 of the horses are in Nevada, where Hawkins' horses are from. Wyoming is home to about 4,100 wild horses in 16 management areas. BLM's objective is between 2,500 and 3,600 animals.

Desert Riders has pledged to help provide veterinary care and housing to the horses should officials decide to remove them, said Gans, 62. “People who have been coming out there for years know ...