A costly and cruel federal program seeks to wipe out mustangs and burros from our public lands.
The 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act protects wild horses and burros from "capture, branding, harassment, or death,” but the federal agency charged with enforcing it, has turned this law on its head. The federal Wild Horse and Burro Program has been woefully mismanaged for over 50 years and scientists warn that “continuation of ‘business as usual’ practices will be expensive and unproductive for government and the public it serves.”
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