BLM is quietly launching a series of “closed‑door” bait trap roundups in Nevada this month, moving wild horses off the range with no helicopters in the sky and almost no public access on the ground. 

At least 2500 wild horses are targeted with zero public access to removals, sorting, loading starting March 15th.

March roundups and action

• Multiple Nevada complexes are being targeted with bait and water traps in March, with BLM emphasizing that no helicopters will be used while omitting that these are still mass removals of wild horses from their legally designated habitat.

• These roundups are part of a broader push that also includes the accelerated Sale Program that is funneling record numbers of wild horses and burros into the slaughter pipeline. 

You can use your voice now: ask your members of Congress to demand real oversight of BLM’s bait‑trap roundups and insist on transparent, data‑driven management and closing the loophole to slaughter.

At the same time, BLM is advancing an oil and gas lease plan in California, and public comments are due this week on March 13; this is one of the few formal chances the public has to object on the record to more fossil fuel development that impacts wild horses. The plan does not even mention that wild horses exist! You can learn more and take action, click here. 

Foaling season is core management

“Foaling Season Is Not a Side Issue – Monitoring Foaling Seasons From Range Through Roundup and Into Holding.” BLM still treats foaling season like a narrow calendar note, claiming peak foaling happens in roughly a “two‑week” window around late April and early May, while our field data shows multiple peaks and much broader risk windows that their policies ignore.

Foaling season is not a “baby horse or burro issue”; it is a baseline of management that shapes when (or if) helicopters or any gather method should be allowed, how young foals can be handled in holding, and when weaning becomes a welfare crisis instead of a routine procedure. We created a new Foal Age Guide to help you estimate foal age from a distance and document what you see—from the shape of the head to hoof and tail changes—so together we can build the record needed to force true, data‑based foaling season protections into law and policy.

Being an advocate is not an easy journey. However, it is the only path that can bring about freedom, justice and mercy. We thank you for being an active advocate. 

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