In Colorado there is a wild horse and burro program for wild horses to roam across rural west. There is tens of thousands wild horses roaming free. They are growing very quickly says the workers that work at the program. They said they have removed some horses because they want wildlife and livestock to share land. They were putting some up in enclosed pastures but some think it’s cruel to corral up horses they should be free.
The temporary holding pens where the horses were getting put the pens started to get full. The cost for caring for them was getting expense. A spokesman said we can’t have so many horses that we can’t take care of. He didn’t know what to do with all the animals because they can’t just let them free. Congress passed the
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Some prison inmates are adopting horses. Advocates say that horses are stressed because being taken away from their families. During one month nineteen or some horses died but they don’t know from what. They think it’s from a strange illness. They don’t think the holding pens and pastures are safe for horses anymore. Due to that there’s not much people wanting to buy horses anymore. Hay is getting pricier and they aren’t sure if they can care for the horses anymore.
One worker said he’s found a solution. The solution is to use fertilitycontrol drugs on mares. Others think it’s a good idea and some are thinking about building more sanctuaries for horses. Horse advocates got made when they heard they sold 1,777 horses to a horse slaughter. The interior department inspector general thinks they sold over the mexican border.
So the last horse slaughterhouse was closed in 2007 and horse sellers must agree not to sell wild horses for meat or death.
Ms. Walker a woman that lives near the bureau sees these horses roaming so she buys some and trains them but she says she’d rather have the horses free then live with me