In Defense of Animals v. United States Department of the Interior

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20110
No(s). 12-17804 (9th Cir. May 12, 2014)

The Ninth Circuit held that BLM's roundup or "gather" of approximately 1,639 wild horses and 160 burros from the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area (HMA) on the California-Nevada border complied with the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act and NEPA. Post-gather, 793 wild horses and 160 burros resid...