U.S. Ramps Up Wild Horse Roundups In Drought-Stricken West
3 years, 4 months ago

U.S. Ramps Up Wild Horse Roundups In Drought-Stricken West

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Ramps Up Wild Horse Roundups In Drought-Stricken West Wild Horses are dying from dehydration during the severe Western drought. NATE HEGYI, BYLINE: A black helicopter swoops past a group of wild horses running across western Utah's High Desert. HEGYI: Reid remembers reading reports about a small group of wild horses who died from dehydration during the West's last severe drought two decades ago. HEGYI: Unlike other desert critters, such as bighorn sheep or mule deer, the federal government can't just let wild horses die off.

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U.S. Expands Wild Horse Roundups Amid Severe Western Drought
3 years, 5 months ago

U.S. Expands Wild Horse Roundups Amid Severe Western Drought

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LOADING ERROR LOADING RENO, Nev. — U.S. land managers have begun efforts to capture about 50% more wild horses than originally planned this year because of severe drought across the U.S. West — about 6,000 additional animals primarily in Nevada, Oregon and Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management said the emergency roundups that began Sunday in Oregon and Monday in …

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