I take umbrage on several points with your editorial on wild cows and horses. For starters, both cattle and horses were brought to the New World by Columbus’ 17 ships in his second voyage in 1493.

Feral cattle FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Forestry Service recently culled feral cattle in Gila National Forest. (mdulieu/Getty Images/iStockphoto) By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk ...

The US Forest Service will move forward with killing feral cattle in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, officials say. The agency issued its decision in a news release on Thursday, stating the feral ...

Last week, U.S. Forest Service managers approved a plan to shoot feral cows in the Gila National Forest from a helicopter. A part of the Gila Wilderness is now closed to pave the way for the Forest ...

The U.S. Forest Service has gotten approval to fly helicopters with sharpshooters into southwestern New Mexico to hunt down 150 feral cattle and shoot them from the air. The aerial shooting is slated ...

SILVER CITY, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a motion today to intervene in a New Mexico Cattle Growers Association lawsuit that seeks to stop the U.S. Forest Service from removing ...

At least 19 feral cattle in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness were shot to death from helicopters. The operation was ordered by the U.S. Forest Service and occurred over a three-day period, according to a ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a motion to dismiss a New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s removal of illegal feral ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (TND) — In what Gila National Forest officials are calling "a difficult decision," potentially hundreds of feral cows will be removed from the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico by lethal ...

A plan to cull a herd of feral cows has been completed. An aerial shoot conducted by helicopter over the Gila Wilderness in southwest New Mexico killed 19 head of cattle, Reuters reported. The hunters ...

NEW MEXICO -- The US Forest Service will move forward with killing feral cattle in New Mexico's Gila National Forest, officials say. The agency issued its decision in a news release on Thursday, ...