{"id":202736,"date":"2026-03-13T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:42:09","slug":"6-nevada-horses-saved-9-from-texas-kill-pen-still-need-homes-rescue-group-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202736\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Nevada horses saved, 9 from Texas \u2018kill pen\u2019 still need homes, rescue group says"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS (KLAS<\/a>) \u2014 Six wild horses from Nevada\u2019s pubic lands have avoided Mexico slaughterhouses, but nine others have nowhere to go, according to a national rescue organization.<\/p>\n

Skydogranch.org<\/a> put the spotlight on the 15 horses last week, and that resulted in a delay in shipping them out of a Texas \u201ckill pen.\u201d The horses were found at the Last Chance Direct Ship Horses pen in Kaufman, Texas, about three hours away from where they had been purchased.<\/p>\n

The nine remaining horses are scheduled to be shipped on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the rescues, quarantines, fosters and places for them to go are maxed out and already full of unhandled mustangs without a plan,\u201d according Clare Staples, founder and president of Skydog Sanctuary in an Instagram post from the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many being boarded at kill pens, who were bailed weeks ago but don\u2019t have a soft landing and it\u2019s fair to say the rescue community is breaking under the weight of this never ending stream of wild horses,\u201d Staples said.<\/p>\n

15 Nevada wild horses headed for slaughter in Mexico, rescue group says <\/a><\/p>\n

Most of the horses were rounded up from the Triple B Complex in Nevada. When wild horse populations grow, the ranges often don\u2019t have enough food or water, and the Bureau of Land Management rounds them up and sends them to corrals for adoption. They are not supposed to end up at slaughterhouses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know people care deeply about wild horses and their welfare, and we\u2019re actively investigating the situation,\u201d a BLM official told advocates for wild horses. \u201cThe BLM is committed to protecting the welfare of wild horses and maintaining public trust in how they\u2019re managed on public lands.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The rescue organization said their presence in the kill pen constituted a clear and documented violation of the BLM sale agreement. \u201cIt is also a direct violation of federal law,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we fight on and we are doing all we can to pressure the BLM to prosecute these illegal actions, as it\u2019s a federal offense to sell a wild horse to slaughter but that\u2019s meaningless if the BLM won\u2019t take action to punish the buyers,\u201d Staples said.<\/p>\n

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