Habitat for Horses v. Salazar

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, District Judge:

While this Court is accustomed to dealing with bulls and bears on Wall Street, this case turns its attention westward to wild horses in Colorado. Plaintiffs invoke the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, a statute never previously considered in the Second Circuit. They seek to stop a gather of wild horses underway on public land known as the North Piceance Herd Area.

Plaintiffs Habitat for Horses (“Habitat”), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (“ASPCA”), The Cloud Foundation, Toni Moore, and Dr. Don…