Why are our wild horses being driven into extinction?

The BLM claims that there are too many wild horses and burros roaming free on the range. They state that the horses and burros are starving, that there is not enough forage for them on the range. I personally have seen wild horses throughout the United States, including some bands in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The horses were far from starving. In fact they were in excellent and healthy condition. And the horses being rounded up currently in the Calico Mountains in the dead of winter are for the vast majority coming into the traps in great condition (would be even better condition if they're weren't chased for miles by helicopters). So why are horses being "erradicated" from the land? Take your pick of 1) overgrazed range by cattle and sheep, 2) big game industry competition who wants the grazing land for their hunted animals and perhaps the biggest one, 3) energy and natural resources-land cleared of wild horses and burros so they don't interfere with construction, maintenance and no expensive Environmental Impact Studies. Why can't horses co-exist with all of this? Unfortunately for the horses there is no money making group backing them... Wild horses and burros were given some protection by the 1971 Wild Horse & Burro act, but it's been seriously watered down since then. The Act is pretty much non-existent anymore. Equus (wild horses and burros) originated in North America about 50 million years ago, and are in fact native. About 10,000 years ago horses and burros were supposedly extinct from this continent, although evidence of bones and skeletons keeps popping up to the contrary - only to be shot down by some "official". Funny...how convenient for the federal government. Otherwise wild horses and burros may actually have to be given native status and also placed under the "Endangered Species Act". I believe the horses and burros should be able to co-exist and that's what so many Americans want. But our voices are not being heard because they are being ignored by the federal government. It's a shame because once these old, native and non-man made blood lines are gone, they are pretty much gone... Everyone who believes that wild horses and burros are part of our American Culture and History, who knows what an important role horses and burros have played in the rising of the human civilization, fought in our wars, worked on our farms, should take action now and stand up for these American Icons. Go to the Cloud Foundation for details on how you can help and to check for the most up-to-date status of America's wild horses and burros: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org.