Wild horses end up in slaughterhouses under new adoption program, lawsuit says the bureau of land management estimates there are about 2,100 wild horses in herd management areas in colorado In one direction, the wet mountains jutted toward a bluebird sky. Mustang Storm Wild Horses Photography Horses Wild Horses Adoptions start at $25 and includes a $1,000 adoption incentive. Wild horses in colorado adoption . (seth mcconnell, special to the colorado sun) but wild horse advocates said they have tracked multiple animals going to slaughter and a new york times investigation uncovered a pipeline from blm adoptions to slaughterhouses. Cañon city — hundreds of horses, noses to the dusty ground, nibbled on alfalfa hay spread in thin rows across a wide pasture. Images of completed forms will be denied. There are roaming herds of wild horses there, descendants of horses released by spanish explorers about 500 years ago. The project is specifically associated with the gather and ado...