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# The Wild Horses of Nevada's Deserts
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/human-footprint/extras/wild-horses-nevadas-deserts-bel3jg/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:51:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T18:46:19.000Z
- Description: Shane ventures into the vast deserts of Nevada to learn about wild horses on public lands.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Human Footprint, #ZZZ_Show_920c28e7-cc8d-4bd4-a6a1-1d54d80cf6c8, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_717a60fb-8a3f-4d8a-80b6-e0194410b1d7, #extra

Wild horses are an icon of the American West, but there are no native horses in the U.S. Those wild mustangs we idolize are European invaders. In Nevada, Shane observes a government “gather,” a dystopian round-up where helicopters chase panicked horses into pens to remove them from public lands. We spend millions of dollars a year managing horses, but we still can’t agree on whether they belong.