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this is our land. we want the horses on here, most of us. reporter: armed with cameras and recorders, the activists document what they see as brutal round-ups. here, a helicopters chases one single borrow, eventually knocking it over. it staggers off. here you re looking at steam rising from the backs of chased down, exhausted horses. the blm says less than 1% of the animals die in these round-ups. activists say that s 1% too many. now, the federal government, the bureau of land management insists it has nothing to hide at these round-ups. and we ll take you to one of those round-ups tomorrow. and you may be amazed at how far away they kept us from what was going on. the one shot of that animal being chased down, we could only show a little portion of that. ....
Roaming on 26 million acres of the west. while this federal land, your land, was set aside for the horses they don t have free reign. the land is considered multi-use. wildlife, life stock, recreationists, mining interests, whatever. reporter: the blm insists it must reduce herd sizes because the land can t support the numbers. this ain t kentucky bluegrass. reporter: so it holds round-ups. this year, the goal, remove 12,000 horses. that s right. 12,000. and take them to holding pens. this is our land. we want the horses on here, most of us. reporter: armed with cameras and recorders, the activists document what they see as brutal round-ups. here, a helicopters chases one single borrow, eventually knocking it over. it staggers off. here you re looking at steam rising from the backs of chased down, exhausted horses. the blm says less than 1% of the ....