Changes in Horse Round-Up

After a helicopter crash during the wild horse roundup at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, proce...  More »

After a helicopter crash during the wild horse roundup at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, procedures will be evaluated. Biologist Mike Oehler and pilot Ted McBride were treated for minor injuries after the helicopter crashed about 10 feet beside a fence. The helicopter was being used to force some of the horses up a narrow fence alley into working corrals. In other years, the park had used horseback riders for that last push into corrals. Oehler says a rider had been injured the last time, and he felt using the helicopter would be safer and more efficient. But he says officials will look at what happened and learn from it. The roundup has been called off until next year.  « Less