There were 55,533 wild horses and 2,741 wild burros in off-range holding on March 26, compared to 60,283 wild horses and 3,750 wild burros on November 21.
Reasons for the change were not given in the report.
Adoptions, sales, deaths and transfers to other government agencies will cause the numbers to drop.
Roundups, whether nuisance, emergency or planned, make the numbers larger.
Mass sterilization, favored by the advocates, drives the on-range and off-range numbers down, to the delight of the bureaucrats and ranchers.
Another option would be to cancel the grazing permits and leave the animals in their lawful homes.
Livestock production would continue on base properties as it does during the off season.
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