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8. I would personally like to see all wild horses rounded up and adopted.

These are not really "wild" horses; they are the descendants of domesticated horses turned loose to fend for themselves. They do NOT live a great life. Coyotes, mountain lions and other predators kill the old, infirm, and young. They can die of hunger, thirst, and exposure. If you can't keep up with the herd, you die. If you are injured, no one cares for you. You get no vaccinations against West Nile, tetanus, influenza, and other diseases. Fillies (young mares) as young as one year old are bred by mature stallions. Stallions fight for territories and suffer bites and crippling kicks. Mares are bred over and over again, without time between foals.

We humans have a tendency to romanticize the horse, running wild and free, but it's a tough life out there. There is limited truth to that romantic vision.