From the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign on July 19, 2011:
Federal Appeals Court Denies Emergency Request to Halt Triple B Roundup
BLM Cleared to Begin Massive Mustang Capture Operation in Northeast Nevada Tomorrow
We’re sorry to deliver the disappointing news that, earlier this afternoon, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an emergency request to halt the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Triple B roundup in Nevada.
The BLM reports that it will begin the roundup tomorrow near the Utah border. The helicopter stampede and capture operation will last six weeks, removing an estimated 1,700 mustangs from their homes on public lands.
Many thanks and praise go to Rachel Fazio, lead attorney, and local counsel Julie Cavanaugh-Bill for their tireless efforts on behalf of plaintiffs The Cloud Foundation, ecologist Craig Downer and wild horse advocate Lorna Moffat.
For more information on the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, please see the Associated Press story here.