A judge is ordering federal land managers to explain why rounding up wild horses in Nevada should continue after the practice allegedly caused dozens of mustang deaths within a few weeks.
A legal battle over the US government’s ongoing capture of thousands of wild horses in Nevada where 31 mustangs have died in a weekslong roundup goes before a judge Wednesday as opponents try to prove it’s illegal and should be stopped.
Horse advocates said the deaths were unnecessary, resulting from inhumane tactics being used to expedite removals from public lands where pregnant mares and young foals are being chased in summer heat across rocky, high-desert into makeshift corrals.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A legal battle over the U.S. government’s deadly capture of thousands of wild horses in Nevada is getting a hard look from a federal judge in Reno. The ongoing roundup has left 31 mustangs dead. Opponents say the roundup is illegal. They’re seeking a court order to stop it. U.S.
A U.S. judge will hear a battle on whether Nevada’s roundup of wild horses should be illegal. Dozens of mustangs died during the controversial practice in a span of one month.
“The stallions, mares, foals — they are beautiful animals but at they same time they are wild animals. There are going to be some that are lost,” the judge said.
Over the objections of wild horse advocates, a judge cleared the way Wednesday night for the U.S. government to continue capturing thousands of mustangs in Nevada despite the deaths of 31 horses during the weekslong roundup.
A federal judge has approved the continuation of Nevada’s deadly roundup of wild horses, citing that the Bureau of Land Management was doing everything it can as humanely as possible.
A federal judge has cleared the way for the U.S. government to continue capturing thousands of wild horses in Nevada despite the deaths of 31 mustangs during the weekslong roundup.
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