Sue Cattoor tries to explain deadly wild horse roundup activities

Cross-posted from CBS News Channel 8 Las Vegas Written by GEORGE KNAPP LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Aug. 2, 2010) -- The contractor for the Bureau of Land Management is denying they are intentionally keeping wild horse advocates from observing roundups. A federal judge ordered the BLM to give Laura Leigh access to a roundup at the…

21 mustangs die as 636 pulled from range despite safety concerns

Cross-posted from CBS News Now, Channel 8, Las Vegas ELKO COUNTY, Nev. (22 July 2010) -- A wild horse roundup in northern Nevada has ended, for now. Phase one of the Tuscarora Gather captured 636 horses, but 21 mustangs died during the operation, mostly from a combination of stress, heat, and dehydration. Now, the Bureau…