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  • Expensive ticket to the 'wild horse rodeo'

    Richard Rakness|Apr 22, 2015

    Editor: I have a question for the politicians, federal government, and American people. From 1776 to 1976 (200 years) we did not have much of a problem with horses in the western states. In 1971 the federal government passed a law called “The Wild Horse & Burro Act” By 1976 the BLM had approximately 17,000 horses and 8,000 burros on hand to feed and take care of with a budget of $1 million. After 44 years of poor management, the American public now has 48,000 horses and burro in small pastures and pens also as of March 2015 there are still 49,...

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