Expensive ticket to the 'wild horse rodeo'

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 49,000 horses 10 western states still running wild on public and private lands. In 2014 the BLM horse budget was 77 million and several million more for 2015. Its seems like all our courts, federal judges, lawyers and wild horse groups can do is tell us what NOT to do with all the would horses but nothing in the line of common sense on what to do with them? Our federal government seems to be short of money for our veterans, seniors, schools, etc. So doesn’t an approximate budget of $100 million per year and a heard of 100,000 horses seem a little high for sentimental value for a few people?

Richard Rakness

Saratoga