- Thursday, July 15, 2010, 17:17
- Breaking News, Horses
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Sacramento, Calif. (July 15, 2010) – Today a
lawsuit was filed to stop the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from rounding up and removing nearly 2,000 wild horses and burros from the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area north of Susanville, California.
The roundup, slated to begin in August, is the second largest capture and removal operation planned by the BLM for Fiscal ...
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- Saturday, July 10, 2010, 13:16
- Breaking News, Horses
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1,200 Wild Horses To Be Stampeded For Miles in Desert Heat Creates Unnecessary Fatality
Risk for Young Foals, Weak and Older Horses
Washington, DC (July 9, 2010) – Yesterday, In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization, and ecologist Craig Downer, represented by Advocates For the West, a leading conservation group, filed an Appeal and Petition to Stay with the Interior Board of Land Appeals ...
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- Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 12:07
- Breaking News, Horses
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Planned Capture of 2,000 Mustangs and Burros Sets Stage For Court Battle Over
Federal Wild Horse Management Program
Washington, DC (June 22, 2010) – Today, the national law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C. (BIR) notified the U.S. Department of Justice that it intends to file suit over the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) proposed roundup and removal of 1,855 wild horses and 210 burros in ...
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- Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:55
- In the News, Wild Horses
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Written by Ken Ritter, The Associated Press (Monday, February 8, 2010; 7:27 PM)
Las Vegas -- Federal land managers said Monday they'll delay a roundup of most of the nearly 600 wild horses in a range in eastern Nevada, at least until after the herd's spring foaling season.
Advocates fighting to stop mustang roundups in the West said they think their threat to file a lawsuit stopped ...
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- Monday, February 8, 2010, 13:35
- Breaking News, Horses
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495 Wild Horses in Eastern Nevada Get Reprieve
Washington, DC (February 8, 2010) -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) postponed the proposed roundup of nearly 500 wild horses in the Eagle Herd Management Area in eastern Nevada, just three days after the national law firm of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney notified the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that it would sue to stop the ...
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