A wild horse collapsed during a government roundup in Nevada, and a federal worker kicked it in its face while it was restrained on the ground, video shows. The video sparked outrage among animal ...

Every year, wild horses get rounded up and put up for adoption. Some of the new owners then sell those animals, which can put them on a path to the slaughterhouse.

Wild horse populations alone decreased by 8.7 percent between 2024 and 2025, to 53,797 from 58,952, according to bureau data. “The estimated wild horse population saw a measured decline ...

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News The Bureau of Land Management held a wild horse auction on May 9-10, 2025, at the Greeley Stampede grounds. There’s about 1,300 wild horses roaming free across Colorado.

Mustangs cross a dirt road in the Onaqui Wild Horse Management Area in Skull Valley in Tooele County on Oct. 9, 2018. The state is continuing to look for solutions to the wild horse and burro problem.

A wild horse collapsed during a government roundup in Nevada, and a federal worker kicked it in its face while it was restrained on the ground, video shows. The video sparked outrage among animal ...