John — In the 19th century, the estimate was that two million wild horses were living on America’s plains.These magnificent animals enhanced the stark beauty of the plains, firing the imagination of settlers and visitors alike.

But by the time Congress passed the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming and Burro Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimated the numbers of wild horses had dwindled to 20,000.

And, although the legislation states: “It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death,” wild horses and burros are still subjected to inhumane helicopter roundups.

BLM strives to get as many of the horses they roundup adopted as possible, but there is always a surplus. So now more than 50,000 are held in BLM pens, eating up a massive chunk of the agency’s budget, leaving little left to be spent on managing the horses left in the wild.

Worse, there is little enforcement to ensure that the horse adopters follow through on commitments not to send horses to slaughterhouses, which has resulted in truckloads of horses being sent to slaughter auctions after the adopters collected their check from the federal government.

But we want to know what you think, John: Should Congress strengthen protections for wild horses and burros?

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