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Wild Horses Sold for $25 | Philadelphia News
The Bureau of Land Management is quietly selling thousands of wild horses for as little as $25 each, turning them into de facto livestock and stripping them of federal protections — a loophole that funnels them toward slaughter. With sales doubling in 2025 to over 3,700 horses, the government spends $3,000 to capture and process each mustang only to pocket a fraction of that cost. Animal advocates call it a subsidy for slaughter, as these horses can fetch up to $750 at slaughterhouses. Holding 58,000 horses costs $100 million annually — nearly all of the bureau’s $142 million budget — while…
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