Food & Agriculture Quarterly January 2019 | Page 6

Competition on
the range triggers
litigation: Wild
horses vs. livestock
DEVAN FLAHIVE
Huge swaths of open rangeland
in the western United States are
the subject of an ongoing tug-of-
war between groups representing
the livestock industry and those
seeking to preserve herds of wild
horses. Through the acquisition of
grazing permits, ranchers can rely
on rangeland owned and managed
by the federal government to
sustain their livestock and, by
extension, their livelihood.
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