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Wild Horse Education
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Join us! We are a groundbreaking organization on the forefront of the fight to protect wild horses and burros in the American West.
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Nov 22
Our team is working hard on & off the field >
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20 #wildhorses captured. 4-year-old and 10-year old were killed because those in charge felt they were too thin.
Right now we do have a $10,000. match challenge and only two weeks left to meet the mark and unlock critical funding.
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · 21h
2025 (Fiscal Year) Roundup Review #wildhorses #wildhorsesandburros The abuse needs to end. wildhorseeducation.org/2025/10/14/2...
2025 (Fiscal Year) Roundup Review
Above: FY2025 roundups cut down to 5 minutes. The 2025 fiscal year ended October 1. The government shutdown began that day and the regular fall/winter roundup schedule for fiscal year (FY) 2026 has…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you for sharing! We are doing as much as we can with everything at hand. Our wild ones really are in trouble. Thank you!
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · 11d
#WorldAnimalDay message for 2025: Save Animals, Save the Planet! We take that message to heart every single day! wildhorseeducation.org/2025/10/04/w...
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · 14d
Devil's Garden Roundup Ends (As We Await Court Ruling) wildhorseeducation.org/2025/10/01/d...
They tried to cancel access near the end. We pushed back. See more at the link as we await the court ruling. #wildhorses
Devil’s Garden Roundup Ends (As We Await Court Ruling)
The Devil’s Garden roundup has ended early as was conveyed to the Judge during Hearing last Thirsday. Those of you that have been following this operation know that on the first day of observ…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · 18d
National Public Lands Day (Editorial) wildhorseeducation.org/2025/09/27/n... Protecting our wild ones, keeping them wild, is a journey of many layers.
A key layer to “keeping wild horses wild” is protecting the public lands they call home. #wildhorses
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · 23d
Devil's Garden Roundup Update wildhorseeducation.org/2025/09/21/d... Our team is back onsite today and preparing for hearing on Thursday. All you need to know at the link. #wildhorses
Devil’s Garden Roundup Update
Our team members remain onsite at the Devil’s Garden roundup. Our observer was the only member of the public onsite to continue to gain documentation that shows that the roundup is literally …
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Sep 9
Our new mailer noting two of the court cases and ongoing Devil's Garden roundup of #wildhorses
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Aug 27
BREAKING! Lawsuit Filed to Halt Devil's Garden Roundup. This roundup could leave as few as 20 #wildhorses in the Garden and is rooted in a 12-year-old plan. See more at link. wildhorseeducation.org/2025/08/27/b...
BREAKING! Lawsuit Filed to Halt Devil’s Garden Roundup
PRESS RELEASE USFS Roundup at Devil’s Garden Gathers Lawsuit Advocates Bonnie Kohleriter, Mary Koncel, Laura Leigh and Wild Horse Education (WHE) organization filed in Federal Court to halt the Uni…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Aug 22
Defining "Emergency" (and a lawsuit update). When BLM creates a situation and calls it an emergency year-after-year it is tragic mismanagement, not overpopulation. #wildhorses wildhorseeducation.org/2025/08/21/d...
Defining “Emergency” (and a lawsuit update)
The dictionary defines an emergency as: a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action. But when an event occurs almost annually, occurs under specific circumstance…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Aug 20
Breaking! Advocates Say “Whoa!” To USFS Roundup at Devil’s Garden wildhorseeducation.org/2025/08/20/b...
First step toward litigation as USFS tries to pull a fast one at the end of the fiscal year to slip through without finalizing a new plan. #wildhorses
Breaking! Advocates Say “Whoa!” To USFS Roundup at Devil’s Garden
PRESSS RELEASE August 19, 2025 Advocates Say “Whoa!” To USFS Roundup at Devil’s Garden Advocates Bonnie Kohleriter, Mary Koncel, and Wild Horse Education (WHE) organization have filed a formal chal…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Aug 17
Can We Chat? Holding & The Sale Program Dangers (after the roundup) The slide to slaughter for young and old alike. wildhorseeducation.org/2025/08/17/c...

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Can We Chat? Holding & The Sale Program Dangers (after the roundup)
Roundups bring lots of attention to the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Program. Helicopter roundups like the one that just completed at the Adobe Town HMA bring heightened awareness…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Aug 7
Roundups and More #wildhorses including budget, lawsuits and scooting some wild ones to the right side of the fence. Summer is a busy season in advocacy! wildhorseeducation.org/2025/08/06/r...
Roundups and More
The Adobe Town Roundup of 2025 came to an end on August 2, when the last wild horses shipped of to to short term (processing) facilities. Wild horses can spend a few months to a few years at these …
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Aug 1
Rock Springs: Adobe Town HMA Roundup Ends. 1677 captured, 2 released, so far 7 have died. wildhorseeducation.org/2025/08/01/r...
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jul 30
Sand Wash Basin (A Visit Post Removal) wildhorseeducation.org/2025/07/29/s... #wildhorses #wildhorsesofsandwash #wildhorseeducation
Sand Wash Basin (A Visit Post Removal)
The Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area (HMA) is in northwest Colorado, about 45 miles west of Craig. The HMA spans about 157,730 acres. There are local groups working with BLM on fertility contro…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jul 25
Tour of Temporary Corrals: A Hard Look and a Shocking Statement wildhorseeducation.org/2025/07/25/t...
Adibe Town Roundup update. #wildhorses #wildhorseeducation
Tour of Temporary Corrals: A Hard Look and a Shocking Statement
The ongoing Adobe Town Herd Management Area (HMA) roundup has captured 878 of the 1,675 wild horses targeted for removal. The removal target is the low Appropriate Management Level (AML) establishe…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jul 22
Rock Springs: Adobe Town HMA Roundup (Updated, 7/22/25) wildhorseeducation.org/2025/07/22/r... 4 have died to date. #wildhorses
Rock Springs: Adobe Town HMA Roundup (Updated, 7/22/25)
The Adobe Town herd Management Area (HMA) is part of the area in Wyoming the public knows  as “Rock Springs.” Rock Springs consists of Great Divide Basin, Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek, …
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jul 12
Axtel Private Holding Facility Tour. Exclusive look from WHE team. wildhorseeducation.org/2025/07/12/a... #wildhorses #wildhorsesandburros #wildhorseeducation
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jul 6
Motorized Vehicle Use Hearing, Response to the Public? (part 1) The response is unsurprisingly not a real response. The fight continues. wildhorseeducation.org/2025/07/06/m...

#wildhorses #wildhorsesandburros #wildhorseroundup #stopanimalcruelty #wildhorseeducation #haltthehelicopters
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jun 26
Antelope and Triple B: Comments Due June 29.
Speak out for #wildhorses. This is the largest area by far in the U.S. and these wild ones need your voice.
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Antelope and Triple B: Comments Due June 29
The comment period is open for Antelope Complex and Triple B Complex Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) draft “Gather and Herd Management Area Plan). The homepage on the BLM website can be foun…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jun 24
DANGER: Foaling Season and helicopter roundups (take actions). Protect #wildhorses wildhorseeducation.org/2025/06/24/d...
DANGER: Foaling Season (take actions)
Images above were taken by Lynn Walleen in Salt Wells just a couple of weeks ago. There are more images of heavily pregnant mares and new babies on that range. The helicopter drive-trap roundup is …
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jun 19
Court Update: Stone Cabin and Saulsbury, the fight to protect historic herd. We had our day in court. Now we wait for a ruling. #wildhorses #wildhorseeducation wildhorseeducation.org/2025/06/19/c...
Court Update: Stone Cabin and Saulsbury, the fight to protect historic herd
Stone Cabin and Saulsbury Herd Management Areas (HMA) were the site of the first official roundup after the 1971 Wild Horse and Burros Act passed. It was the location of the first lawsuit as the st…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jun 18
Roundups Ahead (What can I do?) #wildhorses #wildhorseeducation Action items and more at the link.
In less than 30 days, helicopter drive-trapping begins again.
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Roundups Ahead (What can I do?)
In just 28 days (or 668 hours) helicopter drive trapping begins to complete the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 schedule. The schedule for FY2026 begins October 1, made possible with funding made available b…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jun 16
A Moment With Father and Son. wildhorseeducation.org/2025/06/15/a...
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A Moment With Father and Son
A Stallion out in South Shoshone grazed near the herd as a bachelor band came prancing through practicing sparing and full of curiosity. A small young stud among the group. Being a bachelor can be …
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jun 11
FY2026 House and Senate Hearings Reviewing Presidential Budget Request. Senate NOW and House tomorrow. #wildhorses wildhorseeducation.org/2025/06/11/f...
FY2026 House and Senate Hearings Reviewing Presidential Budget Request
For those of you tracking the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Debate, we wanted to get this urgent update out to you as quickly as possible. Two critical congressional hearings are coming up that will dire…
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Wild Horse Education @wildhorseeducation.bsky.social · Jun 4
Fifteenmile (WY) Comments due 6/14 wildhorseeducation.org/2025/06/04/f... #wildhorses #wildhorsesofwyoming
Fifteenmile (WY) Comments due 6/14
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a Decision of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) for the Fifteenmile Herd Management Area (HMA) in northern Wyoming. A DNA is a document that is used when BLM want…
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