Similarly, farmers who still use horses would prefer a tamed workhorse over a wild free-roaming mustang. Hardworking ...

Five horses from a wild horse herd in Upper Miller Creek have been hanging around that area for the past few days.

There, the foal was swallowed up in a $76 million bureaucracy that captures, feeds and stockpiles more horses than any other in the nation. Wild horses in captivity now outnumber those in the wild.

But some thanked park officials for announcing what happened, and said the National Park Service is in a tricky position when it comes to the wild horses. “Well, it’s a difficult situation.

“Wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West. … It is the policy of Congress that [they] shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment ...

Are wild horses truly “wild,” as an indigenous species in North America, or are they “feral weeds”—barnyard escapees, far removed genetically from their prehistoric ancestors? The question at hand is, ...