Legal Opinion
Friends of Animals v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 30, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2018-2029Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, Plaintiff, v. U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Civil Action No. 18-2029 (RDM) Defendant, STATE OF UTAH, Defendant-Intervenor. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (“WHA” or the “Act”),
16 U.S.C. § 1331
et seq., seeks to strike an equilibrium between preserving and protecting free-roaming wild horses as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West,”
id.
§ 1331, and ensuring that wild horse populations do not exceed levels that are sustainable for the wild horse herds and the…
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