Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Seven Wild Horses Killed on First Day of Roundup Makes It Deadliest Salazar Massacre This Year « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Seven Wild Horses Killed on First Day of Roundup Makes It Deadliest Salazar Massacre This Year « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Tuscarora, NV (IDA) – Yesterday, In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection and rescue organization, called for a summer moratorium of all roundups and is blasting the Department of Interior which, despite a federal lawsuit and legal appeal, began a controversial roundup of wild horses in Northeastern Nevada on July 10 which has resulted in seven (7) fatalities and numerous injuries in just the first day of the roundup. BLM has indicated that 228 wild horses were captured. These horses were stampeded with the use of a helicopter over eight miles in the deadly desert summer heat. The majority of deaths are dehydration-related.

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