The advocates seems to be saying “Yes,” as they are determined to make privately owned livestock the primary consumers of resources in areas set aside for horses and burros.
The BLM collects $936,600 per year in grazing fees from ranching activity that displaces the 58,000 wild horses in off-range holding, while it spends around $60 million per year to care for them. But you’re not supposed to know that.
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Western Horse Watchers Association 