The population estimate as of March 1 was 82,833, according to a BLM blog post dated April 21, only 499 more than the same time last year.
Permitted grazing, which occurs in most of the areas identified for wild horses and burros, was not mentioned.
Predators are few and far between according to the article, yet the advocates count on them to take out any foals that slip through their darting programs.
To achieve the goal of managing healthy wild horses and burros on healthy public lands, the bureaucrats beat down the herds with helicopters and the advocates snuff out new life with pesticides, so ranchers can access most of their food and water.
Not exactly what Velma and the 92nd Congress intended.
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