Of course the horse mafia “criticized the killing.” It wants no animal anywhere to ever die from any cause no matter what. It would rather see the discarded livestock it calls “mustangs” gradually deteriorate for eternity, like Jonathan Swift’s “strulbugs.” http://www.rgj.com/article/20100103/NEWS/1030348/1321/news/BLM-140-wild-horses-gathered-in-Nevada