Bureau Of Land Management

They are protected by law and considered one of the symbols of wild nature in the USA, but thousands of wild horses have been sold in the last year to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico. The demand for horse meat outside the USA and the attempt to reduce the spreading population have led unscrupulous traders to bypass guidelines and embark on a mass liquidation operation.

The New York Times exposed the dark mechanism of selling protected horses for slaughter for economic gain.