Judge stops helicopters in BLM horse roundups

[Jacie Estes]

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily banned the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from using helicopters to gather many of the hundreds of mustangs targeted in a roundup already under way about 150 miles northeast of Reno.

U.S. District Judge Howard McKibben granted part of a temporary restraining order sought by horse protection advocates who say the BLM's own rules prohibit helicopter roundups during foaling season. He said he would allow it to continue in the southern half of the Jackson Mountains because BLM has proven an emergency due to drought.


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[Jacie Estes]

It is awesome to see these wild horses running in Nevada, the smell of sage heavy in the air from their hoofs on the plants.

It is my opinion that they should not be euthanized or kept in enclosures with inadequate water and feed. If the government wants to lessen the numbers, sterilize them don't kill them. IMHO