Judge Approves Government Contract to Corral Nevada Wild Horses

A federal judge in Nevada denied an animal rights group’s petition to vacate the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to corral wild horses and burros in a private holding facility.

The bureau complied with both the National Environmental Policy Act and the Wild Horse Act when it finalized a contract to hold 4,000 wild horses and burros at a holding facility near Winnemucca, Nev., Judge Anne Traum said in a summary judgment for the US District Court for the District of Nevada.

Friends of Animals sued the BLM and the Department of the Interior in 2022, claiming the agency rushed ...