BLM: Solving wild horse problem will take $5 billion, 15 years

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BLM: Solving wild horse problem will take $5 billion, 15 years

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In this 2018 file photo, wild horses kick up dust at a watering hole outside Salt Lake City. Acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley says it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on western federal lands.
In this 2018 file photo, wild horses walk to a watering hole outside Salt Lake City. Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and forcing extreme measures to protect them.
In this 2018 photo, wild horses drink from a watering hole outside Salt Lake City. Acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley told reporters Wednesday the BLM hopes to eventually shrink the size of the herds from 88,000 to the 27,000 horses.

BLM: Solving wild horse problem will take $5 billion, 15 years

In this 2018 file photo, wild horses kick up dust at a watering hole outside Salt Lake City. Acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley says it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on western federal lands.
In this 2018 file photo, wild horses walk to a watering hole outside Salt Lake City. Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and forcing extreme measures to protect them.
In this 2018 photo, wild horses drink from a watering hole outside Salt Lake City. Acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley told reporters Wednesday the BLM hopes to eventually shrink the size of the herds from 88,000 to the 27,000 horses.
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