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Hello, I'm Mayra Anubi.
Welcome to People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service,
where we explore solutions to the planet's problems.
People Fixing the World returns soon, but until then, we are bringing you a special episode.
In Wild Horses,
we hear how people in Nevada and California are coming up with solutions to manage the overpopulation of wild horses.
I'm looking up here just south of the peak of the mountain,
of Nut Mountain, and we've got six wild horses just below the ridge.
The American West is a vast, often idealized desert landscape.
But here, the state of Nevada has also become the epicenter of an ecological crisis.
focused around one of its most potent symbols, the wild horse or Mustang.
Yeah, Nevada has by far the most wild horses and we are the flashpoint.
We're the driest state with the most horses and it's politically charged.
Horses are a symbol of America's freedom and of the West, a piece of cultural history as well.
We are overpopulated by three to four times over what the land can support.
I'm Victoria Farron and this is Wild Horses from the BBC World Service.
Okay, so keep your eyes peeled for horses now.
They could be on either side of the road here.
To understand the different solutions and the controversies surrounding them,