Much has been written in recent days about the proposal, how it will reduce wild horse populations by 70% in the next three to five years and how population growth in the remaining herds will be suppressed by contraceptives and sterilization.
But what the plan’s supporters really want to see—most of them beef producers operating on public lands—is the transfer of all wild horses to private sanctuaries.
And now, an editorial by an Arizona rancher (and brother of a former supreme court justice), is making the rounds in some news outlets, pitching the idea to the public.
“Without a doubt, private wild horse sanctuaries can be a win-win for wild horses and horse lovers. With more sanctuaries in place, perhaps the BLM can concentrate on ways to keep the free-roaming wild horses from overpopulating the open range.”
Recall that the Public Lands Council, a cheerleader group for the ranchers, wants HMAs and WHTs abolished (fourth bullet item below).
With the BLM largely divested of the wild horse ‘business,’ it can dedicate more resources to their for-profit enterprise.
Thus, the proposed management plan will put a smile on the faces of public-lands ranchers, not wild horse advocates.
Privately owned cattle and sheep should be raised on private lands, not wild horses and burros. The proposal must be defeated.
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Western Horse Watchers Association 
They are not over populated..
This is all BULL CRAP!!
LEAVE THE WILD HORSES ALONE BLM!!
AND ALL!!!!😡😡😡
Cheryl Biggs
The wild horses and burros, along with the hunting of wolves and other wildlife will not stop until our government realizes what they are doing is WRONG. Wildlife should be cherished and taken care of, not captured, turned into pets, or slaughtered.
How many wild species have humans terminated with their greed for housing, urban sprawl, ranchers greed for free land, and our own governments greed for growth?
Zoos, fences, sterilization, capture, or slaughter or NOT the answers.
Control of our own greed for land, our own greed for more and more building, our own greed for more grazing lands, more farming lands, more housing, more industry lands, more retail lands….this must stop! Boundaries were made for a reason (zoning) and we have been violating those lines for years. In my own state, my city, the hills and valleys are disappearing beneath grocery stores, tire stores, warehouses, apartments and more homes….and the mayor and governor want more….because they want more money…..and if they continue our town will become just another sprawling modern, overcrowded, ugly city, views of the meadows, the hills, the mountains gone, along with all the precious wildlife that once lived there.
If we and our own government continue this way our wild species will become extinct. We have already lost hundreds of wild species,what will become of the earth and its people if we lose them all?
Are we that inhumane that the death of all these precious creatures means nothing?