Emotions over McCullough Peaks wild horse gather boil over

POWELL — Federal officials and wild horse supporters are calling for calm after highly emotionally charged threats were made to Bureau of Land Management employees over the removal of wild horses in the agency’s efforts to reach appropriate management levels within the McCullough Peaks Herd Management Area.
“Please don’t attack BLM employees,” said Deputy State Director of Communications for BLM Wyoming Brad Purdy in an interview with the Tribune, saying he understands the passion and emotion for the herd. “When people are very emotional, when people are very passionate about something, at times, you don’t get the best version of that person.”
The bait trap gather currently underway by BLM biologists and employees began tragically earlier this year with the death of a filly known as Kat Ballou, fueling emotional outbursts by some of the many thousands of fans of the herd.