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Wild horses

Articles and comment on wild horses around the globe.

The "Equine Collaborative Wild Horse Solutions Summit" will discuss the way forward for the last remaining wild horse and burro herds and their habitats.
Education & Entertainment 

Wild horse summit seeks reform of mustang management

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 29 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

The “Equine Collaborative Wild Horse Solutions Summit” will discuss the way forward for the last remaining wild horse and burro herds and their habitats.

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Behavioral responses appeared mild, possibly due to the relatively high altitude of the drone.
News Research 

Responses of free-living horses and bison to a drone assessed in US national park

May 27, 2022May 30, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 127 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

Behavioral responses appeared mild, possibly due to the relatively high altitude of the drone.

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The "Equine Collaborative Wild Horse Solutions Summit" will discuss the way forward for the last remaining wild horse and burro herds and their habitats.
Features News 

It is time to do something truly good for America’s wild horses

May 9, 2022May 11, 2022 Craig C Downer 202 Views 6 Comments Comment, Wild horses

Restoring the true intent of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act is a worthy goal whose time has come now. The herds need to be restored to genetically viable levels in corresponding habitats to enable long-term viability.

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“The facility currently holds 2500 horses ... in close quarters — if they were not penned, it is entirely possible that the pathogen would’ve not spread nearly as quickly.”
Features News 

Equine influenza claims lives of 119 wild horses; congressman voices concern

May 3, 2022May 8, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 166 Views 0 Comments Biosecurity, Wild horses

“The facility currently holds 2500 horses … in close quarters — if they were not penned, it is entirely possible that the pathogen would’ve not spread nearly as quickly.”

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Nearly 100 wild horses in captivity in Colorado have died to date in a virus outbreak.
Features News 

Equine influenza virus likely cause of 94 wild horse deaths

April 29, 2022May 2, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 167 Views 0 Comments Biosecurity, Wild horses

The outbreak at the BLM’s Wild Horse Corrals in Cañon City, Colorado, began on April 23, and the toll continues to rise.

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Officials are working to identify the cause of the contagious disease that is sweeping through the Colorado holding facility.
Features News 

Disease outbreak kills 84 wild horses at holding facility

April 28, 2022April 30, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 193 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

Officials are working to identify the cause of the contagious disease sweeping through the Colorado holding facility.

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The Wild Horse Freedom Rally is taking place in all 50 US states simultaneously, on April 23.
Features News 

Wild horse advocates plan simultaneous rallies in every US state

April 18, 2022April 20, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 225 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

The Wild Horse Freedom Rally is taking place in all 50 US states simultaneously, on April 23.

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Scott Wilson's image Anger Management has won first place in the Natural World and Wildlife category of the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards. Wilson was also named Open Photographer of the Year.
Culture News 

Wild horse picture tops world photography contest

April 13, 2022April 16, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 239 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

“The tension and the drama for me just felt completely symbolic of the challenges these horses face in the American West today, where they basically are under permanent threat of roundup and their land has invariably been cleared for the cattle industry.”

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This elder mustang stallion is named “Wanagi,” a Sioux name meaning “ghost”. He usually lives on his own and keeps in remarkably good health in spite of his age, estimated at over 20 years. Picture taken near Pierce Tank on June 1, 2021.
Features News 

“Crisis point” for Arizona’s wild horses as roundups begin

March 21, 2022March 23, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 697 Views 6 Comments Comment, Wild horses

Wildlife expert fears the first removals of wild horses from Arizona’s Apache National Forest area could be “the beginning of the end” for the mustangs.

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A member of an Angus cattle herd on the Gravelly Mountain Range in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest one of the largest of the national forests in Montana, covering 3.35 million acres and throughout eight Southwest Montana counties.
News 

US western rangelands grazing fees remain at $US1.35 a month

February 28, 2022March 2, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 1054 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

The US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has announced that western states federal grazing fees will be $1.35 per head month for 2022, unchanged from 2021.

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The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is supporting Brooke USA in its efforts to combat the ejiao trade.
Features Latest News 

Wild horse advocacy group steps up to help fight ejiao trade

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 3230 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is supporting Brooke USA in its efforts to combat the ejiao trade.

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Wild horses in the Snowy Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park, Australia.
Features News 

Australia’s higher grasslands being damaged by introduced herbivores – study

February 3, 2022February 5, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 2715 Views 1 Comment Wild horses

Researchers in study conducted in famous national park propose that priority be given to removal of horses and deer from elevations above 1500m.

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Researchers discovered that Botai horses were, in fact, the ancestors of Przewalski’s horses, an endangered population of more than 500 wild horses living today in Mongolia. Photo: Jairo S. Feris Delgado (ia:User:Jasef) CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Features News 

Quest to uncover origins of horse domestication is rewriting history

January 29, 2022January 31, 2022 Gareth Willmer 3093 Views 0 Comments History, Przewalski's horse, Wild horses

“We want to reinterpret some parts of history in terms of the power that some civilisations may have had over others thanks to horses.”

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"Mustangs & Renegades", a documentary series about the plight of wild horses and burros on North America's rangelands, is airing free on the Rumble platform.
Education & Entertainment 

New wild horse documentary series an “epic and honest tale”

January 27, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 2935 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

“Mustangs & Renegades”, a documentary series about the plight of wild horses and burros on North America’s rangelands, is airing free on the Rumble platform.

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Officials are working to identify the cause of the contagious disease that is sweeping through the Colorado holding facility.
Features Latest News 

Training and color major influences in wild horse adoptions, studies find

January 23, 2022January 24, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 3961 Views 1 Comment Wild horses

“While both studies suggest adopters are willing to pay more for horses trained under saddle, it is noted that their willingness to pay falls short of actual market rates for training.”

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A Conger HMA wild horse band trailing along a ridge heading toward the south, possibly searching out forage or heading toward a water source.
Features News 

50 years on, here’s how America’s wild horses can be saved

December 15, 2021December 20, 2021 Craig C. Downer 8947 Views 11 Comments Comment, Wild horses

Wildlife ecologist Craig C Downer outlines how and why, on its 50th anniversary, the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act must be restored.

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Robert Redford, the actor who directed and starred in The Horse Whisperer is one of the executive producers of a new feature documentary The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses.
Education & Entertainment 

The Mustangs: New film looks at America’s wild horses

November 25, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 4886 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

Robert Redford, Patti Scialfa Springsteen and Jessica Springsteen are the executive producers of a new feature documentary about wild horses in the US.

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The "Equine Collaborative Wild Horse Solutions Summit" will discuss the way forward for the last remaining wild horse and burro herds and their habitats.
Features Latest News 

Up close and personal: Reaching out to the wild horses

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Craig C. Downer 11463 Views 15 Comments Wild horses

Wildlife ecologist Craig Downer had a very special experience with a band of wild horses — just days before they were rounded up by helicopter and forced apart.

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Wild horses in the Kosciuszko National Park. Photo: Jimmyvandewall, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Features Latest News 

Australian national park plan proposes reducing horse numbers by more than 10,000

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 7283 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

A draft management plans sets a target population of 3000 horses, but some scientists want them all removed.

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Features News Research 

Surprisingly complex spatial dynamics observed in study of wild horses

November 4, 2021November 15, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 5776 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

“As with humans, horses have much more complex societies than most birds or fish.”

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