$78M In Tax Dollars Spent Caring For Wild Horses In Captivity; Off-Range Pasture Owner Says His Ranch Is ‘All-Inclusive Resort' For Horses

By Kati Weis, CBS Denver:

MAXWELL, Neb. (CBS4) — In 2021, it cost $78 million in federal taxpayer money to care for nearly 60,000 wild horses and burros that were rounded up out of the wild and moved into holding facilities run by the Bureau of Land Management. Some horse advocates say that’s a waste of taxpayer dollars, but the BLM says it’s a necessary expense.

So, CBS4 requested a tour of one of the dozens of private facilities across the U.S. that have federal contracts to hold wild horses long term, to get a deeper look at how taxpayer dollars are spent on the program.

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