Nevada
Horse Roundups in Utah, Nevada Need Judicial Review, Group Says
An animal conservation group told a federal appeals court that the US Bureau of Land Management abused its discretion and wrongly interpreted federal law in its plans for future wild horse roundups in Utah and Nevada.
Friends of Animals appealed a district court’s ruling that allows BLM to amend its 10-year plans for horse management zones in Utah and Nevada, arguing the agency’s population control methods exceed the review directives in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia should set aside the plans entirely, according to the appellant brief filed …