Feds Agree to Postpone Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup

CHEYENNE — The federal government has agreed to postpone a planned roundup of about 800 wild horses in Wyoming. This decision allows horse preservation groups time to press their appeal of the plan in a federal appeals court in Denver.

Horse preservation groups are seeking to block the federal government's plan to round up about 800 wild horses in southern Wyoming. They claim the U.S. Bureau of Land Management failed to undertake the required environmental analysis before announcing plans to remove horses from lands within the Great Divide Basin, Adobe Town, and Salt Wells Creek herd management areas.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal of Cheyenne entered an order stating that lawyers for the federal agency have agreed not to start the roundup before Sept. 12, allowing the groups time to appeal.

Originally Posted By Associated Press