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New report finds success in wild horse adoption program, critics disagree

by Jessica Hill, Las Vegas Review-Journal, reposted by Phys.org 

A free-market environmental group has recommended expanding a Bureau of Land Management wild horse and burro adoption program that it says is saving taxpayers millions of dollars a year. A wild horse advocacy group has called the program a failure.


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New study shows fertility control as viable alternative for wild horse management

Research Report: Fertility Control Slows Wild Horse Population Growth

Wild horses facing removal in a North Dakota national park just got another strong ally: Congress

By Jack Dura, March 12, 2024

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal of the beloved animals from the rugged landscape. 


Wild horse roundup draws criticism from animal rights activists

KUNC | By Brittany Cronin

Wild horses photographed in 2013 in the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area in Wyoming.

The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up hundreds of wild horses in the northwestern part of the state this summer in what is projected to be the largest horse roundup in state history.

There are more wild horses in the region than the land can sustain, according to the bureau, but critics are concerned about the animals’ health during the roundup.