Wild Horses to Be Culled Out West After House Committee's Approval

The American West's population of wild horses is set to be culled after a House Committee on Tuesday night authorized the culling, or euthanizing, of thousands of wild horses and burros that roam public land.

The House Appropriations Committee removed some language in the Interior Department’s budget that would have kept healthy animals from being destroyed. Instead, the department will now be allowed to euthanize the animals if they are not adopted.

Only about 2,500 wild horses and burros are adopted each year, and 67,000 wild horses now roam the lands.

Director of the American Wild Horse Conservation (formerly American Wild Horse Campaign)Suzanne Roystrongly opposed the measure.

The committee also for the first time refused to ban horse meat inspections by the Agriculture Department, but the implications of this rule change are unclear since no licensed slaughterhouses for horse meat currently exist in America,First Coast News reported.

Twitter was outraged at the thought of culling and killing the wild horses.

Originally posted by News Max