October 20, 2007

• As wild horses were being driven up the chute during what was hoped for to be a quiet removal operation in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, the helicopter driving them was so low, one of the skids caught the fence and flipped the copter. The wild horses have lived in the Park for decades but have never been granted federal protection. NPS Superintendent Valerie Naylor ignored letters from horse advocate groups protesting the Stockmens livestock auction in Dickinson where the wild horses are traditionally disposed of and shocked employees ended up releasing those captured, canceling their "sale" due to the accident. Comments can be made at: http://www.bismarcktribune.com:80/articles/2007/10/19/news/topnews/141183.txt
• BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Meeting Scheduled for November 5, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. http://desertusa.com/desertblog/?p=1657 Written Comments accepted until October 31. Bureau of Land Management, National Wild Horse and Burro Program, WO-260, Attention: Ramona DeLorme, 1340 Financial Boulevard, Reno, NV 89502-7147. Ramona_DeLorma@blm.gov
• BLM rounds up six wild horses in Fish Springs under the "nuisance clause". http://www.recordcourier.com:80/article/20071018/NEWS/71018007/-1/rss01
• Wild Horse Adoption by National Wild Horse Association October 21-22 in Las Vegas, Nevada. http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7228680
• BLMs 13th Annual Wild Horse & Burro Show Expo in Witchata Falls, Kansas at Ector County Colliseum in Odessa November 1-3. http://www.mywesttexas.com:80/site/news.cfmnewsid=18930046&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6
• "American Mustangs Killed To Make Room For Cattle Grazing". Blog story from DawnWatch regarding Newsweek Story, "They Shoot Mustangs, Don't They?" http://nothoney.wordpress.com:80/2007/10/16/american-mustangs-killed-to-make-room-for-cattle-grazing/