Legal Opinion
In Defense of Animals v. United States Department of the Interior
District Court, E.D. California
Decided November 15, 2012No. 2:10-cv-01852-MCE-DADPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this action, which consist of an animal rights group along with a wild horse and burro sanctuary and other concerned individuals, filed this action on July 15, 2010, to halt a planned “gather,” or round-up, of wild horses and burros scheduled to commence on August 9, 2010, at the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area (“HMA”).
Plaintiffs argued that the planned gather ran counter to the congressional mandate for preserving wild horses and burros as set forth in Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1331 et seq.…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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