These detailed descriptions are from the Abundant Earth Web Site. Help Preserve These Magnificent Symbols of the American West. The plight of the wild mustang is a complex one. Protective laws, enacted to increase the numbers, have resulted in a population explosion.
Wild horses suffer starvation and a very hard life.
In recent years, thousands of wild horses have died on federal ranges from starvation and thirst. Although hunger and thirst are the only natural enemies left to the wild mustang, it is a ghastly fate not befitting one of Nature's noblest creatures. The Bureau of Land Management has worked towards population management and alternative solutions are being researched. Your help means more feed and more land for sanctuaries. It means precious bloodlines will be kept alive and healthy.