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Animal Law Keyed to Wagman
Colorado Wild Horse and Burro Coalition, Inc. v. Salazar
Citation:
639 F. Supp. 2d 87 (2009)Facts
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) developed a plan to remove all wild horses from the West Douglas Herd Area in Colorado, determining that the area was not suitable for wild horse management due to limited forage, inadequate water, and the proximity to private lands and highways. The BLM had been considering this removal since the 1970s and had conducted several environmental assessments. The Colorado Wild Horse and Burro Coalition and other plaintiffs challenged this decision, arguing that the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act did not authorize the BLM to “zero out” a herd area where wild horses historically lived at the time the Act was passed. They contended that the Act’s purpose was to protect wild horses in their native ranges, and that complete removal contradicted this purpose.
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