Why is it that Americans eat cows and pigs but not horses and dogs? There’s only one reason: custom. We’re used to it, that’s all. There’s certainly nothing about horses and dogs that renders them ...

Wild horses and burros have become fixtures in the American West ever since Europeans brought the animals over. They remain an important part of our culture today, which is why federal law protects ...

Editor’s note: This story is the first in a two-part series funded by the Aspen Daily News Journalism Fund, which supports in-depth, independent reporting on issues that impact our region. Part Two, ...

Project 2025 and Republicans have their politics set on eliminating an icon of the American West. William Perry Pendley was acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) when President Donald ...

It was already snowing in the White Mountains when Jackie Hughes got a call from one of her cowboys last December. They’d caught five horses in a bait trap on the Apache Forest near Big Lake, but the ...

Horse campaigner Scott Beckstead to challenge Senator Ira Hansen in “The Dust-Up in the Desert: A Debate on Wild Horses and Their Place on Our Public Lands" This debate will be a perfect opportunity ...

Nick is obsessed with Emmy. Once, in Montana’s Flathead National Forest, when Emmy left without him, Nick ran 15 miles upriver to find her. Nick hates to be separated from Emmy, but she “doesn’t care ...

Two horses in Delaware have been euthanized after contracting West Nile virus. The virus is carried by mosquitoes. The Delaware Department of Agriculture recommends vaccinations for horses and ways to ...