Court denies mustang appeal sought by Nevada counties

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Source: Associated Press

Court denies mustang appeal sought by Nevada counties

By SCOTT SONNER
Apr. 3, 2017 6:30 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Wild horse advocates in Nevada scored a victory Monday in an ongoing legal battle with rural interests they say want to round up federally protected mustangs across the West and sell them for slaughter.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied an appeal by the Nevada Association of Counties and Nevada Farm Bureau Federation representing ranchers and others who argue overpopulated herds are damaging the range and robbing livestock of forage.

The decision upholds an earlier ruling by a federal judge in Reno who dismissed their lawsuit in 2015 seeking to force the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to expedite widespread roundups across Nevada.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld a similar decision in Wyoming in October.

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1. Wonderful!

Those right wing so called Ranchers are really pissed after this ruling. The running charge against the BLM is they were playing favorites with the Wild Horse herds and their supporters over the Cattle Ranchers. Interesting thing,these same so called Ranchers blame the horses for eating all their Range Grass and leaving nothing for the Cows. Well well,we have been in a drought since 1997 and these same so called Cattle Ranchers just plain over grazed their allotments.


The largest Cattle operation in Nevada is owned by the LDS church which runs 10's of thousands of BLM acres as well as the largest Cow Calf operation in Nevada. Which is one of the Largest in the US.

Interesting is it not.