Colorado Public Radio

There are too many wild horses on too little land, federal officials say. Here’s how they’re thinning a herd in Colorado

After two hours of pre-dawn driving up rugged dirt roads into canyons and plateaus northwest of De Beque, a small caravan of bleary-eyed travelers arrived at a rocky outcropping overlooking Monument ...
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado court ends wild horse adoption incentives that conservationists criticized as ‘pipeline to slaughter’

A Colorado court has found a federal program may have contributed to the slaughter and abuse of wild horses and burros. The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado’s decision stopped the ...