BLM delays Nevada horse roundup to allow appeals

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The Bureau of Land Management has postponed a planned roundup of thousands of wild horses in Nevada because of a lawsuit and to allow time for appeals of its decision.

BLM spokeswoman JoLynn Worley in Reno confirmed today that the roundup set to begin Dec. 7 has been delayed until Dec. 28.

Worley says the agency still plans to issue a formal decision Tuesday on its plan to round up 2,700 horses from the range 100 miles north of Reno. It’s part of a plan to remove more than 30,000 horses from federal lands in the West to deal with soaring numbers of the animals and the growing costs to manage them.

The group In Defense of Animals filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the action and challenging the use of helicopters in roundups.

-- Associated Press