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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A bipartisan Congressional Wild Horse Caucus has been established to promote more humane federal policies for wild horses and burros, officials with Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., announced this morning ...

In the chaos of political maneuvering, amid the firings and funding freezes, the wild horses of the American West once again find themselves in peril — not by accident, but by design. Nevada ...

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.

Nation Nevada’s wild horses and burros still the subject of awe, inhumane treatment Dec. 22, 2024 at 1:00 pm Updated Dec. 22, 2024 at 2:00 pm ...