Brumbies can fill a useful role in Australian ecosystems, says ecologist
In the immediate future, true wild-equid-containing sanctuaries need to be established, says ecologist Craig Downer.
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Wild horses
Hold your horses – brumby fertility control isn’t that easy
Without a feasible method for sterilising horses, the newly proposed bill will mean population control is mainly through food limitation.
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Wild horse “fire brigade” concept goes national on US TV
Only a small amount of the US Forest Service’s $2.5 billion firefighting budged is dedicated to wildfire prevention.
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Hall of fame honor for movie stallion Spirit
Movie star and equine ambassador Spirit honored for his contribution to awareness of the plight of the USA’s wild horses.
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The power of the horse: We’re only just beginning to understand
Horses, especially wild horses, have many abilities that humans are just beginning to understand, document and most importantly, explain to others, writes Bill Simpson.
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Latest science highlights wild horse over-population myth and mismanagement
Wildlife ecologist Craig C. Downer has just completed a study on wild horses in Oregon and their management on publicly owned land.
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Massive US spending bill contains good news for wild horses
The threat of wild horses being sold “without limitation” recedes, and there is no opportunity for slaughter plants to reopen on US soil.
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Wild horses: Are they being managed to extinction?
For wild horses in their natural environment, it really is survival of the fittest.
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The many powers of wild horses: Is it all in the genetics?
Through extensive selective breeding, desired characteristics and traits were greatly amplified while other known and unknown characteristics and traits were diminished and in some cases are likely lost in the new breeds.
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Call for horse grazing pilot study to explore wildfire mitigation
A pilot study seems logical if wild horses were carefully allocated into deer-depleted areas in and around remote forest areas with difficult terrain and access issues.
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Two major wild horse musters about to start, in Nevada and Utah
Musters scheduled around the same time as hearings on use of helicopters and motorized vehicles in wild horse management.
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Renowned wildlife ecologist and author endorses ‘Wild Horse Fire Brigade’
Bill Simpson gets together with Craig Downer to delve into the many issues swirling around America’s wild horses and burros.
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Are horses as smart as humans?
Some scientists have said that horses have the intelligence of 12-year old humans. Imagine how they feel as they are run ragged by helicopters and other inhumane herding techniques.
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Wild horses and resource management: Is government looking the other way?
Our natural resources (and very society) are now at risk by the inaction of some legislators and the willful wrongful actions of others.
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Senate committee moves to protect wild horses from slaughter
Senate appropriators have stood against horse slaughter and against allowing the BLM to kill wild horses.
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Wild horse roundups condemned as a ruinous strategy by HSUS boss
“Only when BLM goes all in on fertility control will the nation have a viable, fiscally sound, and effective strategy for humanely managing wild horses and burros.”
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Advisory board’s position on wild horses condemned, amid fears of many deaths
The BLM has failed over and over in its management of wild horses, says a leading advocate dismayed by the position adopted by a key advisory board.
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The three great myths about America’s wild horses
These days most grazing herbivores wild or domestic have lobbies based-upon an economic foundation.
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Avoid being manipulated by “selfish interests” in managing America’s wild horses, ecologist tells board
These same interests ‘put the squeeze’ on the wild horses/burros … then hypocritically come around to say they are concerned about the wild horses/burros.
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California wildfire disaster: New plan unveiled to save lives and natural resources
The US ecosystem is out of balance, which has led to forest fires becoming a growing problem impacting America and its citizens.
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