imagine
Wild horses collide and one flips over a
barbed wire fence during capture at the
Owyhee Complex BLM roundup that faced
court actions
A WILD HORSE
AND BURRO
HUMANE
HANDLING
POLICY!
Wild Horses and Burros and the Fight for Humane Care
This article appeared on
TheDodo
through barbed wire fencing and foals run
until their feet literally fall off.
Freedom. Majesty. Beauty. Americaʼs wild
horses are a national treasure and an
iconic symbol of our public lands. Theyʼre
so dearly cherished that Congress
unanimously voted to protect them under
Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros
Act of 1971.
The images and videos may very well
have been taken by Laura Leigh,
President and founder of Wild Horse
Education (WHE). Leigh has taken us
with her on a quest to witness and
document wild horse roundups.
Wild horses and burros belong to the
American public and it comes as no
surprise that thereʼs a growing intolerance
to these noble animals being mistreated
and killed in aggressive roundups
conducted by the very agency that is
supposed to protect them—the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM).. Most
Americans have seen videos of horses
run down with a helicopters, chased
The First Court Order in
history against inhumane
treatment of wild horses
2011
The battle to gain a humane care
standard for our wild horses and burros
became a literal “mission” for Leigh and
her organization. It is expected that the
BLM will be announcing its latest
“Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program
(CAWP)” sometime in October.
“I have literally seen tens of thousands of
wild horses lose everything in that
moment of capture,” said Leigh “Often
under horrible circumstance. It seems a
bit absurd that this