Thursday, November 4, 2010

BLM to Launch Winter Assault on 9,000 Wild Horses « Straight from the Horse's Heart

BLM to Launch Winter Assault on 9,000 Wild Horses « Straight from the Horse's Heart

This winter BLM plans to roundup 9107 wild horses and burros and remove 6,244 of them. After that they plan to roundup 5,548 wild horses in the summer and remove 4,502 of them- total of 14,655 rounded up and 10,746 removed for fiscal year 2010. On top of the $75 million BLM is asking Congress for (basically half to roundup these horses and half to feed what will be over 45,000 in government holding, BLM is requesting $42.5 million to purchase private land in the East to house captured, sterilized and separated wild horses.

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