Predators Necessary For Ecological Balance

The Bureau of Land Management claims that wild horses have no predators ... but science and experience show this to be false. 

Ginger Kathrens has documented wild horses in the Pryor Mountains for over 26 years. During that time, mountain lions effectively controlled the mustang population -- until they were all hunted down and killed.

Now, a recent study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management disproves  the BLM line that wild horses have no natural predators. A research team has documented cougars preying on wild horses in the Great Basin. 

We want wild horses and burros to live and die wild, on the range, with their families. This means we must respect nature -- and that includes protecting the predators necessary for achieving a thriving natural ecological balance. 

To learn more, read the short but compelling article linked below.  

(Note:  We disagree with the authors' reference to wild horses as "feral" which is terminology used to diminish the importance of our native wild horses).