Wild Horses

The horse advocates asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal to stop the roundup while their lawsuit moves ahead.

Two adoptions are held at the Honor Farm each year.

The overall population of the areas, 2,836 wild horses, exceeds the required management level of 1,560 animals.

Specialists will be available to answer questions that people might have.

The BLM estimates more than 1,000 wild horses currently inhabit the area.

The BLM will hold adoptions in Wyoming in May and September.

Mead says under the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act the federal government must remove excess horses from its Herd Management Areas.

The US Bureau of Land Management is looking for ideas and made this announcement Thursday. The Bureau of Land Management is extending to May 28, 2014, its application deadline for research proposals aimed at controlling the population growth of wild horses and burros that roam public lands in the West...

Wild Horse and Burro Division Chief Joan Guilfoyle recommended suspending all roundups until thousands of mustangs currently in federal corrals are sold or adopted.

LANDER, Wyo. (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has been rounding up hundreds of horses in Fremont County this week. Helicopters are being used to gather the horses, who are then loaded into trailers and taken to corrals. The Associated Press reports that the mares are being given birth control shots known as PZP...