The mares have been darted with birth control medication for years. It’s an aging population that will shrink naturally through deaths from old age.
Six horses died over the summer and more will be lost to winterkill according to an advocate interviewed for a story dated October 30 by Cowboy State Daily.
Articles like this confirm your suspicions that they’re sick in the head and want the ranchers to win.

The HMA has the unfortunate distinction of being in the motorized and nonmotorized removal sections of the latest schedule.
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