The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently released its 2026 roundup schedule with decimating numbers.
Just over 14,800 wild horses and burros are targeted for removal from our taxpayer funded public lands.
These horses and burros are families living together in bonded groups. They are generations of wild horses and burros about to be unnecessarily traumatized, injured and some will even die during or after roundups.
Roundups continue to be overly used instead of proven, humane, readily available and sustainable management options.
Wild horses and burros remain as scapegoats on our public lands as the BLM picks on them to “manage” millions of acres designated for multi-use. Results are:
- Many herds are already below genetically viable levels;
- Livestock grazing continues across most Herd Management Areas (HMAs), which impacts the available forage and water resources for wild horses and burros. Livestock grazers far outnumber wild horse and burro herds;
- Fertility control has not been used widely or has not been applied consistently;
- Tens of thousands of wild horses remain in holding facilities at taxpayer cost and unavailable for any outside monitoring.
Meanwhile, multiple roundup operations are already underway.
In Nevada, several of the captures are being done by bait trap which means horses are caught gradually over a period of time.
The AWHC has documented a list with some current reporting from March:
- Spring Mountain Complex – No horses or burros reported captured
Removal goal: 425 wild horses, 425 wild burros - Pancake Complex – No captures reported
Removal goal: 300 wild horses - Caliente Complex – 1 horse trapped
Removal goal: 550 wild horses - Antelope/Triple B Complex – 1 horse trapped and released
Removal goal: 1000 wild horses