Apparently, the bureaucrats have taken matters into their own hands, ignoring the will of the people. (It’s not unprecedented, look at the southern border.)
According to the statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death.
According to the manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death.
An example of unauthorized capture would be person who took a wild horse or burro off the public lands for his personal use or profit.
Unauthorized harassment might correspond to persons who threw rock at them or chased them with ATVs.
The Jakes Valley shootings would be an example of unauthorized death.
Refer to any roundup or darting program for examples of authorized capture, branding, harassment and death.
Authorized by the bureaucrats, that is, not the American people.
Western Horse Watchers Association 