BLM sold 1,795 federally-protected wild horses… Image Credits: aigle_dore, Flickr. The Bureau of Land Management, the agency tasked with protecting wild horses and cattle and their grazing lands, sold 1,794 federally-protected wild horses to a Colorado rancher who sent them to slaughter, a new report confirmed. Between 2009 and 2012, rancher Tom Davis purchased the horses through the agency’s Wild Horse and Burro Program (WH&B) and wrongfully sent them to slaughter, according to the report from the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General. According to the allegations and news reports, Mr. Davis also had farming and trucking connections with former Secretary of the Interior Ken … Continue reading BLM ILLEGALLY SOLD THOUSANDS OF WILD HORSES FOR SLAUGHTER: REPORT
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