BLM to move 1100 wild horses
n an effort to save their lives, the Bureau of Land Management will start an emergency gather to remove 1,100 horses from the Nevada Wild Horse Range.
Since the grounds do not have the water or foliage to support the horses, the 15 to 20-day roundup will move them to a facility in Ridgecrest, Calif.
Officials said the number of horses will be brought down to an “appropriate management level,” a term used to describe the number of animals the landscape can sustain. The rest will be moved.
Crews will use water trapping to gather the animals and, once trapped, will feed, water and inoculate the animals before relocation.
Many of the animals will be available for adoption or sale about 45 days after they arrive at the new facilities in mid-August.
Source: FoxNews