"Rights Groups Decry US Plan To Reduce Number Of Wild Horses"

"Bureau of Land Management plan would severely cut the number of wild horses through sales, sterilisation and euthanasia."

"The US government has unveiled a plan to reduce the number of wild horses and burros (wild donkeys) on public ranges from 100,000 to 27,000 through methods such as sales, sterilisation and euthanasia.

The plan was requested by US Congress and drafted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a government agency tasked with administering about 100 million hectares (247.3 million acres) of public lands, including protecting animal populations and resources.

BLM presented the plan on April 26 and said it aimed 'to achieve long-term sustainable populations' of these wild animals and called for politicians to end the prohibition of sales of wild horses and to ease limits on euthanasia."

Aljazeera had the story April 29, 2018.