Thursday, December 06, 2012

Colorado wild horses found dead at prison training pen in Cañon City

The Bureau of Land Management is trying to determine whether an illness or something else led to the deaths of 19 wild horses were in the care of the Wild Horse Inmate Program outside Cañon City. A BLM employee found some of the horses dead in a pen Monday, and others nearby were so sick that veterinarians gave them little chance of surviving, so they were euthanized. Now BLM veterinarians, as well as state and federal animal health authorities, are investigating the source of the horses conditions. Tests will include necropsies on three horses at the facility and examination of tissue samples sent to Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Colorado State University. There was no immediate timetable for the tests to be completed. Tests also are being done on water and hay samples. As a precaution, other horses and burros at the Cañon City facility are being fed hay from a different source, BLM said...more

3 comments:

Mumbles said...

This is very sad to me. On my "honeymoon" back in 1996, we were lucky enough to spot wild horses outside of Wendover, Nevada. It was an amazing experience.

Keep writing, please.

Kris

Anonymous said...

I spotted a wild horse once. I knew it was wild because it had a long mane and tail. His name was "Cloud". I'm now an expert on wild horses because of that experience. All wild horses should run free with their long wavy manes flowing in the air and sparkles coming from their tails. Anyone who allows horses to die should be put in prison. Oh yeah, those bad people are in prison...

Anonymous said...

The BLM and it's corrupt partnership with Big Oil doesn't need any help in killing off the wild horses, their doing just fine all on their own.