Temporary Restraining Order Issued to Protect New Mexico Wild Horses

Great news: A New Mexico judge has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the New Mexico Agriculture Department from selling a beloved group of wild horses from Alto, NM, for slaughter. Congratulations to the Wild Horse Observers Association (WHOA), a member of the American Wild Horse Conservation (formerly American Wild Horse Campaign) Coalition, for this legal victory.

Previously, WHOA won a precedent-setting appellate court legal victory finding that the wild horses of Placitas, NM, were "wild horses" and not livestock, and that "livestock" does not include undomesticated, unowned animals.

Read more about this development in the Ruidoso News article.