As part of efforts to control equine populations under law, the Bureau of Land Management is directed to humanely capture wild free-roaming horses and burros for adoption.
The use of helicopters to chase equines over prolonged distances, usually on rough terrain, is particularly dangerous, and can frighten the animals and lead to deadly situations.
Since 2011, the Bureau of Land Management’s top three helicopter contractors have collected over $36.8 million in taxpayer funding for their services,
including over $5.3 million since 2021 alone. READ MORE
(This bill is removing the use of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to round up horse. The idea is that paying someone to inject birth control into each animal every year will be cheaper….makes no sense.)
If these were managed like other wildlife, this would cost the genEral public, YOU the tax payer NOTHING!
