BLM Rounds Up 300 Wild Horses In Northern Wyoming

Federal officials captured and removed about 300 wild horses in northern Wyoming this week in a continuing effort to reduce the animals' numbers to more manageable levels. Bureau of Land Management managers conducted the gathering operation in the remote Fifteenmile Herd Management Area near Worland. The 83,000-acre area is located within Washakie, Big Horn and Park counties in north central Wyoming and includes rolling hills, rugged canyons and badlands, and a portion of the Bobcat Draw Wilderness Area. The BLM left another 85 animals in the wild to maintain the herd. The captured horses will be put up for adoption. Horses were last gathered in the area in 2004. The bureau removed a total of 906 wild horses from the same area during five roundups dating back to 1984. The gathering operations include use of a helicopter and wranglers on the ground to herd wild horses into a temporary trap...read more