horses

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No revolutionary, Wood writes, “defended with more vehemence common ordinary people against the aristocracy—‘against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle, and fed and cloathed like swine and hounds.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

That 1971 law declared wild horses and burros “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West” and made it illegal to harass, capture or kill them on public land.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Representatives from two local tribes draw a parallel between the gather and past efforts to expel their people from their ancestral lands, and say the horses are intertwined with their culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Contractors will use helicopters and other vehicles to drive the horses into a large catch pen with holding corrals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

He’s looking far, far, far away above the wagon bows, above the men who bounce on horses.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes