Horse roundups to be scaled back
February 25, 2011 - 2:07 am
Government officials said Thursday that they will scale back costly roundups of wild horses that some critics contend are inhumane.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will reduce the number of wild horses removed from the range by about one-quarter — to 7,600 per year. The agency also will expand the use of fertility controls and increase the number of animals adopted by individuals or groups. The bureau continues to oppose horse slaughter, which some in the West have advocated as a way to thin herds.
More than 38,000 wild horses and burros roam in Nevada, California, Wyoming and other Western states.
