LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Six 3-year-old horses born in Nevada could be headed for slaughter by the end of the week, according to a group that advocates for enforcement of federal wild horse protection laws.

Just last week, Wild Horse No. 2392 stood in a holding facility somewhere in the vast dry plains of Wyoming. Born in the wild and captured as a 3-month-old foal from Salt Wells Creek, she was most ...

RENO, Nev. – The U.S. Forest Service has built its first corral for wild horses, which could allow it to bypass federal restrictions and sell the animals for slaughter. The agency acknowledged in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of wild horses and burros are being rounded up across the American West, as federal officials seek to reduce herd ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As a national program administering the sale of feral horses gains ground, an organization with ties to Oregon has expressed concerns that it promotes the slaughtering of the ...

The BLM (Bureau of Land Management, under the Department of the Interior) rounds up wild mustangs and wild burros every summer using helicopters and a few cowboys on horseback. The burros are ...

A trailer of wild mustangs is transported to a temporary holding facility during the federal Bureau of Land Management's wild mustang roundup in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in Rio ...