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On Sunday, August 21, the BLM began the White Mountain/Little Colorado roundup in Wyoming. As of Tuesday, the BLM reports that 355 horses have been removed from their families and homes on the range and three horses have been killed during the roundup. The BLM daily reports are available here.

Approximately 500 miles away, the Triple B roundup is taking place outside of Ely, Nevada. This is the fifth week of this roundup, the largest roundup of the summer, and as of Tuesday, August 23, the BLM reports that 1,182 horses have been captured and 10 horses have been killed in the roundup, the majority of them young foals. The BLM plans to remove 1,726 horses from the nearly 1.7-million-acre Triple B Complex. The BLM daily reports are available here. Also see AWHPC eyewitness reports from Triple B
The Triple B Complex wild horse roundup is the largest roundup scheduled for the summer of 2011. During this six to seven week roundup, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to remove 1,726 horses (according to the agency’s Decision Record). According to the BLM, this will supposedly leave 432 horses on the nearly 1.7 million-acre Complex (see Complex breakdown below). That means there will only be 1 horse for more than 3,900 acres (or every six square miles). AWHPC representatives have looked for horses in this vast area prior to the roundup – it was difficult to find horses. After the roundup, it will be nearly impossible for American citizens to visit the Triple B Complex and view wild horses.

Despite the BLM’s claims of reform, the agency is pushing full steam ahead with removal of nearly 4,000 horses in the three-month period from July through September 2011 – the Triple B roundup is just one of the summer roundups scheduled. These removals are taking place because Congress increased the agency’s budget by $12 million for fiscal year 2011. Without that budget increase, the BLM would not have been able to proceed with these costly, unnecessary and inhumane roundups.

Quick Facts
The Triple B Complex is comprised of the Triple B, Maverick-Medicine HMAs, and portion of Antelope Valley HMA west of U.S. Highway 93 are located in northwestern White Pine and southern Elko Counties approximately 30 miles northwest of Ely, Nevada, and 70 miles southeast of Elko, Nevada.

Triple B HMA: ~1,225,000 acres; AML 250-518 wild horses

Maverick-Medicine HMA: ~337,134 acres; AML 166-276 wild horses

Antelope Valley HMA (west of U.S. Highway 93): ~97,070 acres; AML 16-27 wild horses