Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Wild horses: BLM Backs Off Plan to Zero Out West Douglas Herd « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Wild horses: BLM Backs Off Plan to Zero Out West Douglas Herd « Straight from the Horse's Heart

There aren't a lot of wild horses left in Colorado, but a small herd of mustangs fifty miles north of Grand Junction just got a reprieve. Besieged by legal challenges of its plan to relocate "excess" horses from public lands to private holding facilities and pastures, the Bureau of Land Management has abruptly withdrawn its latest proposal to remove the West Douglas herd -- an isolated but hearty group of a hundred horses near Rangely that's been targeted for decades.

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