All sixteen horses were in the same place at the same time and with the arrival of two new breeding age stallions no doubt the mares are pregnant again.
In a landmark victory for wild horse protection, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado has overturned the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) controversial Adoption Incentive Program (AIP), ruling that it violated multiple federal laws by failing to undergo required National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Administrative Procedures Act (APA) requirements. The court found it was “not hard to imagine” that slaughter of wild horses could be “fairly traceable” to BLM’s actions regarding the national AIP program, and noted the legally required need for vigorous public comment and agency review, which the BLM failed to conduct. [Federal Court Overturns BLM's Controversial Cash Incentive Adoption Program]But with the end of civilization at hand having more ponies is probably a good thing, right?
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"Using records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, AWHC has tracked and investigated the efficacy of the AIP. According to research led by AWHC Senior Communications Manager Amerlia Perrin, 840 BLM-branded horses that passed through the AIP were identified in 'kill pens' over 19 months from 2020-2022." [Wild horse program: A ‘pipeline to slaughter’?]
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