More on the Wild Horses of the US West...

U.S. Wild Horse Slaughter Legalization Draws Fire
Maryann Mottfor National Geographic
News
March 10, 2005

For many Americans, wild horses are living symbols of the rugged
independence of the United States' pioneering past.

In the early 1900s millions of mares and stallions roamed the West.
Today the numbers pale by comparison. Only 37,000 wild horses and donkeys remain
on public lands, primarily in Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which has been responsible
for preserving and protecting the herds for more than three decades, plans to
further reduce the population to 28,000 by the end of this year.