Skydog's Year-Long Investigation Provides Key Evidence for Front-Page Exposé
MALIBU, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Skydog Sanctuary, the nation's largest voice for wild horse and burro protection, today called for an immediate suspension of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wild Horse & Burro Sale Authority program following an investigation published today by The New York Times. The report confirmed that the federal program is actively funneling federally protected wild horses and burros directly into commercial slaughter pipelines.
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