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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Wild Horses being rounded up

In Rio Blanco County, on thousands of acres of land, there are over 400 wild horses still living and supporting themselves. However, the Bereau of Land Management says that the amount of land that they live on can only support up to around 230 horses because of the food and water supplies. Many of the extra horses that the Bureau is worried about were rounded up by helicopter and were moved into a pen, which was definitely a very controversial move. Many people think that the Wild horses should be protected more and that the Bureau is targeting the wrong animal.
Many of the horses that were moved were injured, which could play a major part in how the animal grows up. Also, many of the horses that were moved are being put up for adoption very soon.

2 Comments:

Blogger Willow said...

Thats a real problem in the US. They shouldn't do that. =(

2:55 PM, October 21, 2006  
Blogger DV8 said...

Wild horses are managed much the same way as other wild animals. Issues with land and wildlife in the west could fill a whole class - and probably should.

12:08 PM, October 31, 2006  

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