The BLM estimates that 49,000 wild horses are held in government facilities, and that 31,500 remain on the range. Some activists say the number of free-roaming horses is half that.

A population of more than 2 million wild horses fell to 20,000 before World War II. Those left behind retreated to the most remote stretches of the Nevada desert. They were underfed, scrawny.

Wild mustang mares that were captured hours earlier at Mesa Verde National Park stand next to water tanks in the capture pen Sept. 27 at an undisclosed site in the park.

Being a mustang that used to be wild, he wasn’t at all happy being confined in a stall. He kept breaking boards and fencing until the boarding facility kicked him out. The family didn’t have their own ...

Mustang Million competitors battle for big prize money in this wild event. Dec. 12, 2013— -- A wild mustang trainer from Texas, a former champion in one of the most competitive horse events ...

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 ...

The Mustang Heritage Foundation created the Extreme Mustang Makeover in 2007 to show the wild horses are trainable and promote their adoption. The Bureau of Land Management estimates more than ...

But wild horses taken from Native American reservations or state-managed lands — like the 23 up for auction in Fallon — receive no such protection. At the auction house, Bell and Payne ...

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This marks the fourth revision of the Mustang logo since 1962. Other changes to the pony badge occurred in 1974, 1994 and 2005.

In a lifetime of working with horses, Gary Kidd, 73, had never adopted an untrained wild mustang before. But when the federal government started paying people $1,000 a horse to adopt them, he ...

Only 32,000 horses are believed to be left in the wild and over 50,000 in captivity.