The mustang Coby: Nadja Hallström

The horse is a universal symbol for freedom, but now the wild horses in the US are about to become eradicated. Swedish photographer Nadja Hallström has been visiting people who are fighting for them to survive. 100 years ago there were over a million wild horses. Today the Bureau of Land Management estimates that there are around 80,000 wild horses on public land but sets a population cap at no more than around 20,000 total. Each year, the Bureau of Land Management remove wild horses by the thousands. The horses are then stockpiled in small government holding facilities. Only a few of those horses get auctioned off and they are sold for such a low price so they often end up in the wrong hands where they are abused. Hallström visited Wild Horse Rescue Center in Florida, Colorado, Utah and South Dakota.