Tag: North America

The Secret Lives of Horses (from Scientific American)

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  Scientists have long studied the best ways to train and treat domesticated horses, but they largely ignored the behavior of free-ranging horses. Recent research has begun to fill that gap.  Observations from long-term studies of wild horses show that the conventional, male-centric view of their power dynamics is wrong.  In fact, females often call the shots, employing tactics such as cooperation and persistence to get their way.  more…   Continue reading

Genes link wild horses in Western Canada to Siberian Breed

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A genetic study of a remote population of wild horses in Western Canada has posed a raft of new questions about their origins, with the results revealing an intriguing link to the Yakut horses of Siberia. It is assumed that the horses observed by European fur traders in the early 1800s in association with Tsilhqot’in First Nations in the Chilcotin area of south central British Columbia were descended from Spanish-derived horses brought in about 1740 along native trade routes from plateau grasslands in what is now Washington State. Today, an estimated 1,000 feral horses still survive in remote areas of… Continue reading

Interior Secretary Calls For Prize To Make Better Wild Horse Birth Control

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Thanks to the Facebook page of our Member OHHAWA for this story from the USA.  An excerpt from the Oregon Public Broadcasting Facebook page: “U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell calls the nation’s wild horse crisis an “intractable problem.” During an appearance in Portland, she suggested that the government needs to offer a big prize to get drug companies to make better birth control for wild horses. Jewell supervises the Bureau of Land Management. The agency spends tax dollars removing wild horses from the range when the BLM decides there are too many in one area. Last week the agency awarded… Continue reading

Proposal for Wild Horse and Burro Reserve Design

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Proposal for Wild Horse/Burro Reserve Design as a Solution to Present Crisis USA Positive attributes wild horses – Reserve Design Proposal for Wild Horse and Burros Denver June 2010 By Craig C. Downer, Wildlife Ecologist       P.O. Box 456, Minden, NV 89423       cc******@ya***.com Tel. 775-267-3484 For presentation at BLM wild horse/burro workshop (6/14/2010) & National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board Meeting (6/15/2010) in Denver, Colorado, & other venues. Continue reading