Over the past 7 years the BLM has been mandated to remove thousands of wild horses and burros from public lands - from their legal ranges. Areas that the law states should be used primarily for wild horses and burros. There are now more of them in government holding pens than there are in the wild. You won't hear the BLM complain about the cost to taxpayers for all of these roundups, but you sure hear them complain about the cost to taxpayers of supporting them once they're in government pens - a problem they created. It costs taxpayers nothing to leave them in the wild. There are 4.1 million domestic livestock on public lands and less than 24,000 wild horses and less than 3,000 burros. This is what they call a balanced ecosystem in the name of "multiple use." Wild horses and burros should be listed as a threatened species. Public lands ranching contributes less than 3% of the total beef consumed in the U.S. and costs taxpayers at least 3 times as much through federal subsidies as the wild horse and burro eradication program. The BLM and ranchers blame wild horses and burros for the damage done by the millions of domestic cattle and sheep, just one of their excuses fed to Congress and the media to help them justify removing them from their ranges. It's either that or "they're starving" and need to be "saved". Wild horses & burros survived for centuries without man's so-called help. The question is, will they survive man?
People need to call Congress and demand an investigation of the BLM immediately. It's getting critical for wild horses & burros and the photos in this video are just the tip of the iceberg.
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