It's one sentence among tens of thousands encompassing 900 pages, but when it comes to the future of and welfare of the nation's wild horses and burros, it is frightening and to be taken seriously.

Death, the final betrayal of these noble animals, is protracted and excruciating. Wild horses are also at risk of being slaughtered, particularly since a 2004 backdoor congressional rider engineered ...

Davis, the largest buyer of wild horses in the United States, told investigators he assumed the animals would be slaughtered, saying there was only “one place to go ... to the kill plant ...

There, the foal was swallowed up in a $76 million bureaucracy that captures, feeds and stockpiles more horses than any other in the nation. Wild horses in captivity now outnumber those in the wild.

“Wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West. … It is the policy of Congress that [they] shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment ...

“Harassing, capturing or killing wild horses is illegal and punishable by up to a year in prison and/or a fine,” said BLM West Desert District Manager Mike Gates. “The BLM takes our ...

Did the Great Artist ever see one of the wild horses during her life, Valya had always wondered. The woman had lived in the village through the famine of the 30s and the war of the 40s. It was ...

Wild horses have become a new and unlikely defence against bush fires in the Iberian Highlands. Recent summers have brought a rampage of wildfires to Europe but with the hottest months approaching ...

With the job, he finds himself cross-wise of a corrupt government official, who is making big profits on the illegal sale of wild horses. He also finds himself in the affections of the daughter of ...