Litigation
Feds’ Utah horse sterilizations draw two lawsuits alleging inhumane treatment
By Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune
December 12, 2020
Two separate lawsuits were filed Thursday over a wild horse roundup in Utah, alleging the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to surgically sterilize some of the mares is inhumane, unnecessary and a violation of federal law.
Legal Letter: Halt the McCullough Peaks Roundup
On Friday, January 26 2024, American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) sent a legal letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with an urgent appeal to halt the ongoing McCullough Peaks bait trap Roundup. This roundup, which began November 1, 2023 and is set to run through March, 2024, sparks major concerns for the genetic diversity of the herds, their population numbers, and the impact of a winter gather on foals and elders.
Jan 2024 Important Litigation Update
We often get asked, why don’t you sue? And the answer is, we do!
Major Legal Win for Salt River Wild Horse Protection
Tonto National Forest Successfully Defends Humane Treatment of Wild Horses While Apache Sitgreaves National Forest Blatantly Disregards It
Groups File Lawsuit Over Government Plan to Eradicate One-Third of Wyoming’s Wild Horse Population
Bureau of Land Management plan amendment “zeroes out” the Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas in Wyoming Checkerboard, while slashing the size of protected habitat in Adobe Town
Formal Protest Filed Against BLM Plan to Eradicate 1/3 of WY Wild Horses
Formal Protest Filed Against Bureau of Land Management Plan to Eradicate One-third of Wyoming's Iconic Wild Horse Population
Management plan amendments would “zero out” Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas in Wyoming Checkerboard while slashing the size of protected habitat in Adobe Town
Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Eradication Plan for Iconic Wyoming Checkerboard Wild Horses
Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Eradication Plan for Iconic Wyoming Checkerboard Wild Horses
Bureau will “zero out” the Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas, but will preserve wild horses in the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Viewing Loop area
AWHC Vows to Challenge BLM Plan to Roundup 3,500+ Wild Horses from WY This Fall
American Wild Horse Campaign Vows to Challenge BLM Plan to Roundup 3,500+ Wild Horses from Wyoming This Fall
Action will decimate 45 percent of Wyoming’s wild horse population
Why the PI Motion to Stop the Onaqui Roundup Didn't Work
(July 13, 2021) We get it - there is a lot of information out there about the Onaqui wild horse roundup in Utah. Here’s the latest.
Many advocacy groups took different avenues to raise awareness and opposition to the BLM’s plan to remove 60% of this famous and beloved herd. For example, AWHC and Western Watersheds Project submitted an alternative management proposal to the agency back in April. AWHC even recently delivered 50,000 of your signatures to Secretary Haaland, calling on her to stop the roundup and removal.
