Domestic horses being set loose

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State and local officials in Nevada say they're seeing an increasing number of domestic horses being turned loose because their owners can no longer afford to care for them. But experts warn that domestic horses left to fend for themselves likely will end up being hit by cars, killed by predators or dying of starvation because they lack skills to survive in the wild. "They have no survival skills at all," Bonnie Matton, president of the Wild Horse Preservation League, said of domestic horses. Rather than being adopted by wild bands, domestic horses are often attacked. "It's not very often that you find a domestic that is not being torn up or kicked out of the herd," he said. "They can't compete for food; they're not used to that."....