Contact: Keely Hopkins, Manager Pacific States and Firearm PolicyWhy It Matters: Wild horse and burro management is critical to conserving public lands, vegetation, and riparian areas. Overpopulation causes severe damage to the ecosystems and habitat...
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Manager Pacific States and Firearm Policy Why It Matters: Wild horse and burro management is critical to conserving public lands, vegetation, and riparian areas. Overpopulation causes severe damage to the ecosystems and habitat...
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Rocky Mountain States, Assistant ManagerWhy it Matters: As an iconic symbol of the American West, wild horses and burros are federally protected under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, that specifies...
Why it matters: Despite their legal classification as “wild” on federal land, unbranded and unclaimed free-roaming horses and burros are non-native, feral livestock that lack natural predators. Wild horse and burros can, and often do,...