On September 8, the Wild Horse Annie Act (P.L. 86-234), having been approved by the US Congress unanimously, is signed into law. The Act prohibits the poisoning of wild horse and burro waterholes, as ...

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.

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.

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

“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 ...