Wild Horses

An adoption program could spare 6,000 wild horses suffering extreme drought. Opponents fear some will meet a worse fate at slaughterhouses.

Thursday morning, May 14, 2020Herd Immunity Still Far OffUtah’s epidemiologist Angela Dunn announced two more COVID-19 related deaths Wednesday, bringing…

Tuesday morning, Feb. 11, 2020Recruiting Cannabis ProvidersUtah is one step closer to launching its medical marijuana program. The Department of Health…

Monday evening, Feb. 10, 2020Mountain Daylight SavingA bill that would require year-round daylight saving time in Utah is making its way through the…

Reducing the number of wild horses and burros on Western public lands could take 15 years and cost $5 billion, the acting director of the Bureau of Land…

TOOELE – From behind the wheel of a gray Jeep Wrangler, Rob Hammer scans a high-desert landscape in search of an elusive American icon.An amateur…

An outbreak of an untreatable viral disease in horses is being blamed on one horse from Colorado. Other horses across the country may have been exposed.

Republican Congressman Chris Stewart brought together ranchers, animal-protection advocates and others on Wednesday to brainstorm solutions for protecting…

Animal rights advocates are asking the federal government to protect certain wild horses as an endangered species. It’s not their first attempt, but...

A summit in Salt Lake City this week focuses on the West’s wild horses and burros.Invited guests say there are too many animals on too little land. But…

As the probe continues this week into the shooting death of a wild horse on public lands, animal welfare groups have put up rewards for bringing the…

The Salt Lake City council is poised to enact an all-in-out ban on horse-drawn carriages in the city. This comes after year-long discussion about how to…