The article emphasizes that current wildlife management exacerbates a lot of interconnected problems and calls for halting practices that deplete herbivores.
It advocates for rewilding wild horses to naturally reduce wildfire fuels, support predator-prey dynamics, and curb diseases like CWD, ultimately saving lives and money.
While the article's tone is advocacy-oriented and some claims (e.g., specific economic costs or agency motivations) appear speculative or overstated, the underlying ecological mechanisms align with established research on trophic cascades, grazing impacts, and predator-prey dynamics and the conclusions seem scientifically probable.
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