Roundup Wreck

The Roundup of the Sand Wash Basin Herd in Colorado, and the horrible wreck involving a young wild mare who goes over backwards and is trampled while being forced into a trailer. www.wildhoofbeats.com
This roundup occured because the Humane Society of the United States was funding a study on the use of birth control on wild horses. The contractor who was rounding up the wild horses for the Bureau of Land Management is Cook, and I have observed 1 other round up that they conducted where their treatment of the horses was cruel and inhumane. In this case, they were driving terrified horses with a helicopter into small pens, not even giving them time to settle down, then driving far too many horses through a very narrow opening into a horse trailer. These wrecks occured the day after "media day" when the press was allowed to observe. I contacted then Deputy Director of the BLM, Henry Bisson about this - the answer from his office was "Sometimes accidents happen, and sometimes horses are killed. Fortunately, in this case no horses were killed or seriously injured." As a matter of fact, that mare did survive and have a foal a few months later, but 5 horses died in that round up. I also went to the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting and presented the photos and was met with no response. Just 2 years before I was at a meeting of that same Advisory board with horrible photos of yet another Cook roundup and they promised to look into it. Nothing has been done. The contractor Cook is still one of the two main contractors used by the BLM to round up wild horses and preventable accidents continue to happen.
Carol Walker is an equine and wildlife photographer living in Colorado. She is the author of Wild Hoofbeats: America's Vanishing Wild Horses available at www.wildhoofbeats.com

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[CarolJWalker]

It is a horrible situation. There are about 1200 wild horses from Adobe Town and Salt Wells in Canon City, Colorado now available for adoption, and the fee is only $125 and they are offering free shipping within 150 miles. The next adoption is this coming Friday, January 7th.

[TheRiverraat]

Why do we have to "tame" everything? Why can't some things just run wild......If that's the american spirit, then i'm ashamed to call myself american

[bluekentucky1]

Those ARENT cowboys, they're federal agents. Damn the BLM and DAMN Salazar the slaughter Czar. They no nothing about horses. These round-ups are illegal. The BLM by congressional law is stated to "protect" and manage... this is hardley that and Salazar is asking for more millions to continue this BS. It's high-time to round up Kenny and some BLM scank for slaughter.

[beaelliott]

@amberlynn272003 It's the cattle and "livestock" interests that are responsible. There are 200 cows for every wild horse. This is supposed to be protected land for the horses not ranchers.

Wildlife? Check out how many species are hunted, trapped and poisoned --- Mostly again, to "protect" livestock.

[amberlynn272003]

You people that are calling this inhumane need to get on a horse and try to gather them yourself. Half the time they are gathering these horses because they are taking over where our wildlife are and also starving to death, is that humane??????? All of you commenting negatively have obviously never been there and know nothing about animals.

[TheRiverraat]

America has made this OKAY......what does that say about us? I wish these guys would rot in hell...the last comment was made 9 mths ago! Who cares now? no one...that's who, and that's who will keep caring..It's one thing to say "oh that's wrong", it's another to stand up and say No! This is wrong and I will be damned if it will happen again!..we can say all we want, but until someone does something, it will keep being like this..guaranteed

[howardaustinn11]

ive roedeod before and stoped but i cant stand cowboys they are mostly the stupidest men ive ever meet, cold hearted and cocky, they think there all that, thank good they were tight pants, we would have more of these creaters, keep it up they shove there balls up there ass

[cracycat8899]

how can someone just stand and watch this type of cruel inhumain thing!

Poeple like in this video are truly evil.

Stop horse abuse, torture, slaughter.

I am sorry if you don't agree with what i have said but please don't get upset with me

[wendyohh]

All you haters on here , why don't you go watch some gory videos and be happy. You are the type of ppl. who would enjoy this carnage. To the person who says who wants a horse with no papers you are a moron. You create problems like puppy mills SO YOUR INBRED ANIMAL CAN HAVE PAPERS! Help us, help them don't be part of the problem . The rest of ya need some mental health help.

[wendyohh]

OMG, tears are streaming, it is really beyond me to think people can just watch this happen. God help mankind cuz, he ain't so kind.