President’s Budget Could Open Door to Massacre of 64,000 Wild Horses & Burros
The Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal slashes funding for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program by 25% and removes long-standing protections against horse slaughter, paving the way for the mass killing of up to 64,000 federally protected wild horses and burros currently in government holding facilities.