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Thousands of Citizens Oppose BLM Burro Roundup in Southern California Desert

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RIDGECREST, Calif. April 18, 2012 – This week, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received comments from over 4,100 members of the public opposing the planned roundup of burros from the historic Piute Mountain Herd Area (HA) in the eastern Mojave Desert. The emails, sent to the BLM’s Ridgecrest Field Office, also urged the BLM to forgo removal of “nuisance” burros from the Chocolate Mule Mountains HA, urging the agency instead to relocate any burros found on private lands to the public lands in this vast southern California desert area.

The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC), a coalition of more than 45 organizations is urging the BLM to implement available alternatives to the proposed roundup in order to leave wild burros on the range where they belong.

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Nevada mustang shooters forfeit trapping licenses

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RENO, Nev. — Two Nevada men who spent six months in prison for killing federally protected mustangs avoided additional prison time as part of a plea deal reached with U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday after they broke a state trapping law.

Todd Davis, 46, and Joshua Keathley, 38, agreed to forfeit their hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for two years in Nevada and all other U.S. states under the plea bargain arrangement U.S. Magistrate Robert McQuaid Jr. approved Wednesday in Reno.

EPA: Fertility Control Vaccine Approved for U.S. Wild Horses

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially registered the first contraceptive vaccine for horses after more than two decades of trial and study. The registration was sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

“This welcome announcement marks a watershed in the humane management of wild animals,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS. “This is a win-win-win-good for horses, good for wildlands management, and good for taxpayers. Expanding the use of this proven contraceptive should lead to a significant reduction in wild horse gathering, relocation, and … pasturing in long term holding facilities.”

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