BLM reminds public wild horses are federally protected

BLM: Wild Horses are Federally Protected - SweetwaterNOW

RAWLINS – The Bureau of Land Management is reminding residents that wild horses on public lands are federally protected under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. Removing one from the range without authorization is not only illegal, it can also harm the animal. “This is a serious issue,” Eddie Vandenburg, a wild horse