The Department of Interior spends $76 million each year rounding up wild-horses that roam on public land. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse program reportedly captured 40,000 horses over the past four years. Half of the program’s budget is being spent to maintain more than 46,000 horses and burros in temporary corrals and privately owned pastures. As a result of this program, more wild horses are living in captivity than in the wild.

Source: U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, “Letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell,” Office of Senator Tom Coburn, 4/30/13