Conservationists Challenge Planned 2016 Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup

Three conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Bureau of Land Management plan to round up wild horses from a part of Wyoming where public and private lands overlap, arguing the action violates environmental laws.

Three groups, led by the American Wild Horse Conservation (formerly American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign), argued in the lawsuit filed on Monday in Wyoming federal court that the plan, set to go into effect in mid-October, violates the U.S. Wild Horse Act, Federal LandPolicyand Management Act, and the National EnvironmentalPolicyAct.

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Originally posted by Reuters