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Official: Solving wild horse problem will take $5B, 15 years

By SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press
RENO, Nev. (AP) — It will
take $5 billion and 15 years
to get an overpopula-
tion of wild horses under
control on federal lands
across the West, the act-
ing head of the U.S. Bureau
of Land Management said
Wednesday, adding that
several developments
have made him more op-
timistic about his agency's
ability to get the job done.
William Perry Pendley said
the agency adopted out
more than 7,000 mustangs
and burros captured last
year — the most in 15 years
and a 54% increase from
the previous year.
He said that helps clear
space in government hold-
ing pens, so they can ac-
celerate roundups while In this June 29, 2018, file photo, wild horses kick up dust as they run at a watering hole outside Salt Lake City.
scientists develop new fer- Associated Press
tility-control drugs to even- He said a new coalition to help. Pendley said the most horses. "But I know there is a sense
tually shrink the size of the of animal welfare advo- agency is in the process "I'm not going to speculate of sincerity on the Hill about
herds from 88,000 to the cates and ranchers is help- of hiring additional staff on what Congress is going this issue. They get it."
27,000 he says the range ing promote solutions and to speed roundups in Ne- to do about money," Pend-
can sustain. Congress appears willing vada, the state with the ley said. Continued on Page 3