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AmericanWildHorsePreservationCampaign,P.O.Box1048,Hillsborough,NC27278

BLMWildHorseMismanagementbytheNumbers

DWINDLINGPOPULATION2,000,000: NumberofwildhorsesthatroamedtheWestattheendofthe19

thcentury.

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25,300: Numberofwildhorsesin1971whenwildFreeRoamingHorsesandburrosAct

waspassedii

31,500: Currentestimatedwildhorsepopulationiii

5,800: Currentestimatedwildburropopulationiv

26,500: BLMtargetwildhorsesandburropopulationv

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Ofthe2,596horsessoldbyBLM20092012,1,700weresoldtoTomDavis,aknownkillbuyer.Atleast1,000ofthesehorsesareunaccountedfor.

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COSTS $1.27:Perdayperhorsecostinlongtermholdingxvi

$5.08:Perdayperhorsecostinshort-termholdingxvii$124,055.00:PerdaycosttotaxpayerstomaintainhorsesinholdingfacilitiesFiscalYear

Budget:

FY2013BUDGETxviii$16,000,000:Longtermholdingcosts(21%)

$28,000,000:Shorttermholdingcosts(36%)

$6,900,000:Roundup/Remove:(9%)

$1,300,000:Fertilitycontrol(2%)

$2,100,000:Rangemanagement:(2%)

$8,400,000:Adoption&complianceinspections(11%)$78,600,000:TotalFY2013budget

66%ofbudgetspenttoroundup,removeandstockpilehorses;just4%spentonfertilitycontrolandothermeasurestomanagehorsesontherange.

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