The horses aren’t managed by any group or park service ... Do you remember the book Misty of Chinconteague by Marguerite ...
“Wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West. … It is the policy of Congress that [they] shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment ...
Wild horses and burros are to be managed according to the Wild and Free-Roaming Horse & Burro Act of 1971, which not only specifies where wild horses and burros can occupy public lands but that they ...
Those mares were then released along with 16 stallions. They say the purpose of the gather is to reduce overpopulation of wild horses in that area, where they say there is not enough water and/or ...
Or a herd of them. Wild horses and burros, considered to be an emblem of the unconquerable American West, have been a permanent fixture of the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert for centuries.
Federal wild horse roundups are controversial ... a result of it and was winding down, with 134 horses already gathered, when the death of the mare occurred. The incident with the mare was visible ...