WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
BURNS, Ore.-The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin a second emergency operation next week to rescue wild horses from another southeast Oregon herd whose health is under immediate threat from severe food and water shortages. The animals' survival is compromised by a lack of resources due to an especially dry winter and recent wildfires.
Last month, the Bald Mountain Fire burned through the Riddle Mountain Herd Management Area, which was already showing a lack of forage due to ongoing drought.
"We can't leave these horses out on the burned landscape," said Don Rotell, Burns District Manager. "Two-thirds of ...