Due to public outcry the Buero of Land Management has decided to delay euthanizing these horses. The removal of 33,000 wild horses and burros off public lands and the subsequent warehousing of them was a crisis deliberately manufactored by the BLM themselves. After tens of thousands of horses and burros were removed and held in holding pens the BLM then claimed that they cannot afford to continue feeding them. They further alleged that the kindest thing would be to mercy kill them rather than let them starve to death on the range. The horses were doing fine on their own prior to that however, it was greed over land use that drove the BLM to remove them to fit more cattle, more oil rigs, more anything else. The cattle industry costs the American government billions of dollars a year as the fee per cow/calf pair to range on public lands is approximately $1.35 per month. What can you feed for $1.35 per month, a guppy perhaps?
Check out the links below for a American Public Newscast CBS4 Denver Colorado and an inspirational video in the link below it by Writer of Dances with Wolves, Michael Blake.
http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=49527@kcnc.dayport.com