Animal rights activists and ranchers are going at it over too many horses milling around about 10 Western states. Right now there about 33.000 wild mustangs and about half of those are in Nevada. The limit had been set at 27,000. Consequently the ranchers aren't too happy about this and are looking to euthanasia to control the overpopulation.
Federal officials said they're faced with tough choices because wild horses have overpopulated public lands in the West and they no longer can afford to care for the number of animals that have been rounded up.
Lacy Dalton, president and co-founder of the Let 'Em Run Foundation horse advocacy group, urged the agency to consider alternative solutions.
They include efforts to step up birth control and legislation to provide tax breaks to large landowners willing to let horses roam on their property, she said.
They include efforts to step up birth control and legislation to provide tax breaks to large landowners willing to let horses roam on their property, she said.
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