Wild Horses Are Removed from Government Land as Drought Shrinks Food Supply

You are so wrong. In the early 1900s, there were over a million wild horses on public lands. The numbers dropped so dramatically by 1971, that Congress instituted the 1971 Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to protect them and increase their numbers. The land they live on now is legally designated for them. Now it's being taken away so that more cattle and sheep can have access to forage that is supposed to be for the horses.

Cattle are hardly actively managed. By BLM's own numbers, livestock abuse is rampant on public lands. BLM does not stop illegal livestock grazing either.

Wild horses are managed through massive helicopter roundups. Tens of thousands and have been removed and funneled to slaughter in the last 10 years. Removal is management. Some herds are also treated with PZP birth control. Birth control is also management. You sound like a shill for big beef.

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