Since 2020, the estimated population of 2,116 wild horses in Colorado has dwindled to a total of 1,322 — or roughly a 38 percent decrease.

“Some are really tolerant of people. Some are — when they see your car, they’re gone,” said Mauro. There are about 1,300 wild horses that roam around 400,000 acres in Colorado.

The Colorado House on Wednesday approved the bill 56-8 and moved it to the Senate. About 1,400 wild horses roam Colorado, though the BLM estimates a sustainable population should number about 800.

Federal wildlife officials say herd-thinning operations like the one in northwest Colorado are necessary because there are too many wild horses on public lands across the West — 60,000 horses ...

A weeklong roundup of wild horses in western Colorado ended Wednesday with the capture of about 140 mustangs and three horse deaths, including a mare that broke a leg as the low-flying helicopter ...

That’s where Wild Rose — and its youth training program — comes in. The nonprofit has found homes for about 70 horses since it started in 2018.

Wild horses are just some of the wildlife seen by visitors to Mesa Verde National Park on Aug. 7, 2008, in Mesa Verde, Colorado.

MESA COUNTY, Colo. — Federal officials are rounding up some wild horses on the Western Slope beginning Wednesday. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said helicopters will be used to gather up ...

The operation at Little Book Cliffs near Palisade is expected to last about a week and result in the removal of about 100 wild horses, adding to the 2,100 animals that the U.S. Bureau of Land ...

March is Colorado Wild Horse Protection Month and Gov. Jared Polis recently issued a proclamation recognizing the state's efforts to help better manage its wild horse populations, in conjunction ...

“Some are really tolerant of people. Some are — when they see your car, they’re gone,” said Mauro. There are about 1,300 wild horses that roam around 400,000 acres in Colorado.