There, the foal was swallowed up in a $76 million bureaucracy that captures, feeds and stockpiles more horses than any other in the nation. Wild horses in captivity now outnumber those in the wild.

“Wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West. … It is the policy of Congress that [they] shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment ...

The Yukon government's agriculture branch first received a report about a dead horse in the Ibex Valley on Jan. 29. Wild horses in the territory cannot be injured or killed without a government ...