Just  a few months ago there were 67,000 horses and now there are 72,000? Journalists really need to start interviewing people other than ranchers and the BLM. Talk to people who have been following and photographing wild horses for decades. Ask for their facts and photos. And could someone please do an article on the ranching industry? Could someone bother to mention the hundreds of millions in subsidies and predator control paid to ranchers every year so they can ship their beef overseas? That's right, they only contribute 3% to the nation's beef supply. There are 2.6 million cattle, millions of elk, deer, antelope, etc., and yet the horses are the ones supposedly doing all the damage? How about an article on the BLM's management of the grazing program? How about mentioning that trespass grazing is pervasive or that the BLM loses $123 million every year on the program? https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-559