Four More Mustangs Die After Nevada Roundup

The number of mustangs either found dead or euthanized due to complications from water starvation/dehydration or subsequent water intoxication after being relocated from their ranges to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) temporary holding facilities in Nevada rose this week to 11 this week, according to an agency statement released July 14. The mustangs were among 228 animals gathere
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The number of mustangs either found dead or euthanized due to complications from water starvation/dehydration or subsequent water intoxication after being relocated from their ranges to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) temporary holding facilities in Nevada rose this week to 11 this week, according to an agency statement released July 14.

The mustangs were among 228 animals gathered July 10 in a scheduled helicopter round-up to remove excess animals from animals from overpopulated herds in the Owyhee, Rock Creek, and Little Humboldt Herd Management Areas in northern Elko County, Nev. BLM officials halted the gather July 11 after four of the removed mustangs died from dehydration and related complications. An additional three horses later died from the same condition. Another animal was euthanized after fracturing its leg shortly after it was placed in a temporary holding corral.

Since then, four more horses were either discovered dead or were euthanized due to dehydration or related complications. Necropsies performed by an on-site veterinarian revealed the deaths were directly related to lack of water in the immediate ranges the horses occupied before their removal, the statement said.

On July 12 attorney Gordon Cowan filed a motion for the temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court in Reno, Nev., on behalf of Laura Leigh, an artist and wild horse advocate. The motion alleges that the helicopter gather violates regulations contained in the BLM handbook. Those regulations prohibit such gathers between March 1 and June 30, the foaling period for most wild herds. A district court judge will hear that motion July 15

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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