Nevada Mustang Gather Resumes

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resumed its gather of horses from the Owyhee Herd Management Area in Elko County, Nev., on July 17, one day after a federal court judge rescinded a temporary restraining order that postponed the round-up earlier in the week. The agency began gathering horses from the Owyhee, Rock Creek, and Little Humboldt Herd Management Areas and into temporar
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resumed its gather of horses from the Owyhee Herd Management Area in Elko County, Nev., on July 17, one day after a federal court judge rescinded a temporary restraining order that postponed the round-up earlier in the week.

The agency began gathering horses from the Owyhee, Rock Creek, and Little Humboldt Herd Management Areas and into temporary holding areas on July 10. BLM officials halted the gather July 11 after four of the removed mustangs died from dehydration and 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.

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. That motion remains pending.

On July 14 U.S. District Court Judge Larry R. Hicks imposed a temporary restraining order halting the Owyhee gather until arguments in the case could be heard. Hicks rescinded that temporary restraining order July 16 on grounds that the gather was necessary to prevent horses from death due to dehydration and related complications caused by a lack of water on those ranges

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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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