Mario Nawfal(@MarioNawfal):🇺🇸🐴 Wyoming’s Bureau of Land Management just wrapped a wild horse gathering in the Bighorn Basin. Infrared surveys put the ‘Fifteenmile’ herd near 386, far above the 100-230 management level on the 81,000-acre drought-stressed reserve. Crews gathered 356 horses from Sept. 15-18, shipped 235 into the adoption and sales program, and released 109 back onto the range. 12 died from pre-existing conditions. The agency says thinning the herd is the only way to keep both the horses and the forage alive. Critics still call every roundup a betrayal of the mustang myth. Writer: Jamie

2026.09.20 19:20

🇺🇸🐴 Wyoming’s Bureau of Land Management just wrapped a wild horse gathering in the Bighorn Basin. Infrared surveys put the ‘Fifteenmile’ herd near 386, far above the 100-230 management level on the 81,000-acre drought-stressed reserve. Crews gathered 356 horses from Sept. 15-18, shipped 235 into the adoption and sales program, and released 109 back onto the range. 12 died from pre-existing conditions. The agency says thinning the herd is the only way to keep both the horses and the forage alive. Critics still call every roundup a betrayal of the mustang myth. Writer: Jamie