“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 ...

federal lawmakers in 1971 wrote into law that “wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” They declared “they are to be ...

Today, there are approximately 70,000 wild horses and burros remaining on millions of acres of our western public lands. Tragically, the interests of these “living symbols of the historic and pioneer ...

The Act seeks to preserve wild horses and burros on federal lands as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” It imposes criminal penalties for removing, converting to private ...