Judge dismisses suit to stop 2010 wild horse roundup

Cross-posted from Sacramento Bee WRITTEN BY DENNY WALSH More than two years after it occurred, a Sacramento judge this week has put his stamp of approval on a wild horse and burro roundup by federal land managers. An animal rights group, along with a wild horse and burro sanctuary and three individual activists unsuccessfully tried…

US judge denies BLM bid to dismiss wild horse lawsuit

Reported by the Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — (April 20, 2011) Horse protection advocates have claimed a rare legal victory as part of a larger effort to end federal roundups of free-roaming mustangs on public lands in the western United States. A federal judge in Sacramento ruled on Wednesday that In Defense of Animals…