When the lights come up at the Thomas & Mack Center and the gate clangs open, the crowd sees eight seconds of controlled chaos. But behind every wild ride at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo lies ...

It has just been announced that thousands of wild horses and burros will vanish, and almost no one will be allowed to watch. On March 10, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gave last‑minute notice ...

The pistol fires, its sound echoing through the arena and signaling the beginning of the end. In a split second, the horses explode into a chaotic motion. A cloud of dust surfaces as muscle and ...

Volunteers sacrifice time, energy and money to help mustangs removed from the range find homes. Can they convince people to take them? Woolly rumps swayed in unison as two stock trailers rumbled into ...

FREMONT COUNTY — The sunlight had barely broken above the horizon of the small park when Carol Stires started calling for the wild horse she’d befriended. “River! Pretty boy!” she yelled into the ...

Horses have been a significant part of rodeo cowboy Anthony Thomas’ life, but he’s nearing the point of hanging up his spurs. After years of competing, Thomas is contemplating his next steps. “I ...

Several dozen horses calmly graze along the shores of Mono Lake, a sparkling saline expanse spread out before the jagged Sierra Nevada mountains. The September sun is blazing. A pair of brown horses ...

HEART’S POUNDING, ADRENALINE pumping — can you sense the rush junior rodeo competitors feel in the chute as they’re about to give their nod, yes, to start? There’s Conner Mead, situating himself atop ...