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  • On Thursday, Texas Rep. Ron Paul said at a rally in Elko that he opposed federal intervention to control wild-horse populations, a contentious issue among local ranchers.

    Rounding Up 'the Rurals' to Corral Nevada Caucuses Jim Carlton 2012

  • U.S. wildlife officials have drawn fire for a plan to castrate 200 stallions in Nevada in an effort to control the wild-horse population.

    What's News— 2012

  • The Bureau of Land Management has commissioned a comprehensive study of wild-horse management strategies from the National Academy of Sciences.

    Mustang Plan Riles the West Stephanie Simon 2012

  • Nat Messer, the former chairman of a federal wild-horse advisory panel, said he fears that tinkering with natural selection by picking certain stallions to be gelded could harm herd genetics and weaken the horses' ability to survive in the wild.

    Mustang Plan Riles the West Stephanie Simon 2012

  • Total federal spending on wild-horse management, including the cost of sheltering captured animals, topped $75 million this fiscal year, double the annual budget of just three years ago.

    Mustang Plan Riles the West Stephanie Simon 2012

  • His maverick stance (maverick means wild-horse) and Palin's pit bull won't have the power to do much more than resist and stymie.

    Look at the Base 2008

  • Along with his brother Floyd, the two Schultzes were considered the best wild-horse racers and relay racers of their day.

    King of the Cowboys Ty Murray 2003

  • Behind all this talk of searching for strays lay the true fact that they were going on a wild-horse hunt to reclaim their mares.

    The Rogue Janet Dailey 1980

  • What is your position on the wild-horse issue? she asked with sardonic politeness.

    The Rogue Janet Dailey 1980

  • Behind all this talk of searching for strays lay the true fact that they were going on a wild-horse hunt to reclaim their mares.

    The Rogue Janet Dailey 1980

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