1. a) What is the BLM?
b) What does the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 give the Wild Horse and Burro division of the BLM the authority to do? (see blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro/What_We_Do.html for the answer.)

2. Why does Interior Secretary Ken Salazar propose moving up to 25,000 mustangs and burros from federal lands in the West to pastures in the Midwest and East?

3. a) For what reasons do animal rights advocates oppose the move?
b) Why do ranchers mostly support the move?

4. Why does Secretary Salazar think the Plains states and the East are the best places for the wild horses?

5. Without controlling measures, mustang herds can double in size about every four years. How has the government attempted to control the mustang populations in the past?

6. How much money did the BLM spend feeding and managing the country's wild horses this year? How much of an increase is that from last year?

7. What do you think of the government's proposal to move a large portion of the wild horse herd in the West to locations in the Midwest and East? One of the methods used in the past was to euthanize some horses, although Secretary Salazar will not authorized this method. What do you think of this as a possible solution? (Does the cost to taxpayers affect your opinion?) Explain your answer.