Friends of Animals v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 18-2029 (RDM) v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In 2018, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM” or “Bureau”) decided to gather wild horses inside and adjacent to the Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Area (“Onaqui Mountain HMA”) to reduce the number of horses to the low end of the appropriate management level (“AML”) of 121–210 horses. Under that plan, the Bureau would conduct an initial gather and would then return periodically over a period…