Salt River wild horses kick up dust as they arrive at a site for emergency feeding run by the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group near Coon Bluff in the Tonto National Forest near Mesa, Ariz., on March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, file)

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Feds vow to improve protections for wild horse adoptions

Advocates said they have documented the reselling of horses for slaughter for nearly a decade and that it won't stop until BLM ends the $1,000 payments.

• By By Scott Sonner Associated Press
• July 27, 2021