Officials mull ways to limit wild horse population growth

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal official says there are too many wild horses on public lands, and potential solutions include new sterilization methods, aggressive adoption efforts and holding more horses in corrals.
Acting Wild Horse and Burro Program Division Chief Bruce Rittenhouse of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says the nearly 90,000 wild horses in 10 Western states are more than three times appropriate levels.
Rittenhouse made the comments Wednesday to members of the Wild Horse a