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Beloved Wild Horses May Be
Removed From National Park

Aug 26, 2023 9:48 AM CDT

Beloved Wild Horses May Be Removed From National Park

For now, they roam freely in North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park

(Newser) - The beloved wild horses that roam freely in North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park could be removed under a National Park Service proposal that worries advocates who say the horses are a cultural link to the past. Visitors who drive the scenic park road can often see bands of...

After Running Wild for 8 Years, Stallion Is Back Home

Horse That
Ran Wild
for 8 Years
Is Back Home

Oct 10, 2022 10:10 AM CDT

Horse That Ran Wild for 8 Years Is Back Home

'It's crazy,' says owner of Mongo in Utah

(Newser) - It's not too unusual to hear stories about lost dogs being reunited with their families after long stretches. Cats, too . But stallions? Such is the case in northwestern Utah, where Mongo the horse is back home after eight years of roaming the desert with his wild cousins, reports KUTV...

Feds: We Have No
Plans to Kill Wild Horses

Sep 15, 2016 3:03 AM CDT

Feds: We Have No Plans to Kill Wild Horses

Recommendation created an online uproar

(Newser) - Don't fear the plight of wild horses just yet. An online uproar ensued this week after a federal advisory panel recommended killing 45,000 such horses and burros, but Reuters reports that no such plans are in the works. It quotes a spokesman for the US Bureau of Land...

Feds Want to Destroy
45K Wild Horses

Sep 13, 2016 7:33 AM CDT

Feds Want to Destroy 45K Wild Horses

Holding pens are overcrowded; critics say Bureau of Land Management is mismanaging

(Newser) - There are 45,000 horses no one wants, and the US government is suggesting destroying them all, the Verge reports. In what an exec for the Humane Society calls "a complete abdication of responsibility for their care," the Bureau of Land Management's National Wild Horse and Burro...

Interior Secretary Apologizes for Threatening Reporter

Nov 14, 2012 4:41 PM CST

Interior Secretary Apologizes for Threatening Reporter

'I'll punch you out,' Ken Salazar told Colorado reporter

(Newser) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar apologized today for threatening to punch a Colorado reporter who asked him about problems with the government's wild horse program at a campaign event. Salazar called Dave Philipps, a reporter with the Gazette of Colorado Springs, to apologize and offer him an interview, and he...