10/07/2025
NO!!!!!
❗Answer: No❗
🐄 According to 2023 analysis of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) data by PEER, America’s rangelands are being damaged overwhelmingly by livestock—NOT wild horses.
Rocky Mountain PEER Director Chandra Rosenthal said: “When it comes to protecting America’s rangelands, BLM suffers from a severe bureaucratic cow blindness."
🐴 Wild horses evolved in arid landscapes—on the very western plains they live today. 🏜️ They are perfectly suited to this environment and are highly mobile, grazing from five to ten miles from water, at higher elevations, on steeper slopes, and on more rugged terrain. Wild horses are constantly on the move, covering miles of ground everyday.
Cattle, on the other hand, not only outnumber wild horses 30 to 1, but evolved in wetter, greener climates. 🌿 They graze within a mile of water, increasing the damage these areas sustain.
🦷 Wild horses clip forage with their upper and lower teeth. Cows however, do not have upper front teeth! 🤯 To eat, they use their lower teeth against a hard dental pad and their tongue to wrap and tear vegetation. They pull and rip, which can cause more soil disturbance. ⁉️ Ever wondered why cows chew diagonally? It’s because they grind their jaws sideways to crush vegetation against their upper dental pads! ‼️
⚠️ In fact, a congressionally-mandated study by the National Academy of Sciences found that, in one year, livestock consumed 70% of grazing resources on public lands, while wild horses and burros consumed less than 5%. ⚠️
