The BLM allows 23,866 wild horses and 2,919 wild burros on 26,917,766 public acres according to the 2024 population dataset.
That’s equivalent to 23,866 + 2,919 ÷ 2 = 25,326 wild horses on 26,917,766 public acres.
As reported on April 22, the agency authorizes privately owned livestock equivalent to 1,023,481 wild horses on 145,895,940 public acres.
To match the stocking rate and resource loading of the grazing program, the wild horse and burro program would have to satisfy the following relationship:
x ÷ 26,917,766 = 1,023,481 ÷ 145,895,940
Solving for x, the new AML would be 188,832.
The current wild horse and burro population, equivalent to 66,236 wild horses, is well within this limit.
Why are the advocates working with the bureaucrats to take the numbers lower?
- They have a shared vision
- They view these animals as pests
- They want the ranchers to win
Why are you still giving them money?
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