"You can lead a horse to water": Mesa Verde NP begins luring feral horses in advance of roundup

Mesa Verde National Park has begun bait-trapping for wild horses as part of a long-term effort to habituate them for eventual capture, removal and adoption.

As many as 80 “free-roaming” mustangs live and breed in the park, in violation of the park’s management plan, which prohibits livestock. The horses compete with elk, deer and bears for grazing and water resources.

https://the-journal.com/articles/178988

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