In a recent exposé titled “Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter,” the New York Times reported federally protected mustangs are increasingly bound for slaughterhouses. But the article’s focus on the current administration obscures a far more troubling reality. For decades, America’s wild mustangs have been routinely funneled toward slaughter, regardless of who sits in the White House — a crisis ultimately driven by the Bureau of Land Management. 

This is not simply the story of one administration’s cruelty, but rather of a rogue federal agency continuing to evade accountability under Democratic and Republican leadership alike.

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