Wild Horses Need Your Help!
Wild Horses and Burros have a small piece of the American Pie
- The Bureau of Land Management manages 248 million acres of our public land.
- 155 million acres are allocated for privately owned livestock
- 26.9 million acres are allocated for wild horses, on which they are outnumbered by at least 37 to 1 by livestock
- 97.4% forage allocated for livestock use
- 2.6% allocated to wild horses and burros
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BLM estimated wild horse and burro population on BLM land
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captured wild horses and burros in BLM facilities
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Million – 2016 BLM Wild Horse Program Expenditures
Wild Horses Need Your Help
- Since the 19th century, the number of wild horses roaming the West has decreased by 98%
- The Government has wiped out wild horses and burros from 37% of designated habitat since 1971
- Between 2009-2016, 42,075 wild horses and burros were captured and removed from BLM-managed public lands.
- 67% of the BLM’s budget is spent on roundups and warehousing wild horses
- 4% of BLM’s annual budget is spent on using proven, safe and humane fertility control and solutions to manage wild horses and burros on the range
- Managing wild horses and burros on the range would save millions of dollars a year
- Feeding captured wild horses in government holding facilities costs American taxpayers over $135,424 DAILY
- 6x more federal land is authorized for livestock grazing than for wild horses
- Livestock grazing on public lands costs American taxpayers a loss of over $123 million per year in direct costs – more than $500 million when indirect costs are included — yet provides less than 3% of America’s beef supply