Drive about 20 miles north of Reno, Nev., into the barren scrubland and you're sure to see "wild" horses — more than 1,000, in fact. Just not in the wild. Laura Leigh calls several mares to the edge ...

After seeing dogs treated as pets and family members for my entire life, it was a big culture shock to travel somewhere where dogs roamed free. Many were beloved community nomads who had friends ...

Throughout the Western U.S. over 75,000 wild horses roam free, grazing on public lands under the watch of the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program. Since the 1970s, after the ...

Clare Staples was an entertainment producer in Los Angeles when she learned about a decades-long dispute involving the plight of wild mustangs. The controversy centered on whether wild horses should ...

Scientists say there are too many horses than the land can support. But some believe the horses should be left to run free. The complex world of wild horses in the West The American West has a mustang ...

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