Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act
Coverage of Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act in the Nexus archive.
- Judge halts roundup of wild horses in Arizona
A federal judge blocked the U.S. Forest Service from rounding up wild horses in Arizona and New Mexico while a lawsuit challenging the agency's management plan proceeds. The International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros secured a preliminary injunction preventing the classification of the horses as 'unauthorized livestock' and their removal, citing violations of a 2007 agreement and inadequate environmental review.
- Judge pauses BLM plans to relocate Northern California wild horses
A federal judge halted the Bureau of Land Management's 2025 plan to remove wild horses from three herd management areas in Northern California and Nevada, citing insufficient analysis of overpopulation claims under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. The judge ruled the BLM's actions were arbitrary and capricious due to flawed assumptions about sustainable horse populations.