Litigation
Feds’ Utah horse sterilizations draw two lawsuits alleging inhumane treatment
By Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune
December 12, 2020
Two separate lawsuits were filed Thursday over a wild horse roundup in Utah, alleging the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to surgically sterilize some of the mares is inhumane, unnecessary and a violation of federal law.
NGO Alleges Fed’l Govt Planned Removal of Wild Horses from North Lander Complex Exceeds Legal Authority
Leading Wild Horse Organization Formally Objects To Agency Plans
BLM Gallops Ahead With Wild Horse Eradication Plan Amid Ongoing Litigation
(CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 25): On June 13, 2024, Eubanks & Associates–on behalf of petitioners American Wild Horse Conservation, Animal Welfare Institute, Western Watersheds Project, and other petitioners–
Legal Letter: Halt the McCullough Peaks Roundup
On Friday, January 26 2024, American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) sent a legal letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with an urgent appeal to halt the ongoing McCullough Peaks bait trap Roundup. This roundup, which began November 1, 2023 and is set to run through March, 2024, sparks major concerns for the genetic diversity of the herds, their population numbers, and the impact of a winter gather on foals and elders.
Jan 2024 Important Litigation Update
We often get asked, why don’t you sue? And the answer is, we do!
Major Legal Win for Salt River Wild Horse Protection
Tonto National Forest Successfully Defends Humane Treatment of Wild Horses While Apache Sitgreaves National Forest Blatantly Disregards It
Groups File Lawsuit Over Government Plan to Eradicate One-Third of Wyoming’s Wild Horse Population
Bureau of Land Management plan amendment “zeroes out” the Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas in Wyoming Checkerboard, while slashing the size of protected habitat in Adobe Town
Formal Protest Filed Against BLM Plan to Eradicate 1/3 of WY Wild Horses
Formal Protest Filed Against Bureau of Land Management Plan to Eradicate One-third of Wyoming's Iconic Wild Horse Population
Management plan amendments would “zero out” Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas in Wyoming Checkerboard while slashing the size of protected habitat in Adobe Town
Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Eradication Plan for Iconic Wyoming Checkerboard Wild Horses
Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Eradication Plan for Iconic Wyoming Checkerboard Wild Horses
Bureau will “zero out” the Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas, but will preserve wild horses in the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Viewing Loop area
