Feds slate purge of ‘checkerboard’ wild horses for Oct. 13 despite court ruling, sparking new lawsuit

A federal judge and the Bureau of Land Management haven’t determined how they will remedy an appeals court’s decision that declared the agency’s plans for eliminating whole horse herds illegal.

Posted 9/10/25

Federal land managers have had a rough time implementing contentious plans to eliminate roughly 3,600 free-roaming horses from 2.1 million acres of southwest Wyoming, where private and public land …

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Feds slate purge of ‘checkerboard’ wild horses for Oct. 13 despite court ruling, sparking new lawsuit

A federal judge and the Bureau of Land Management haven’t determined how they will remedy an appeals court’s decision that declared the agency’s plans for eliminating whole horse herds illegal.

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Feds slate purge of ‘checkerboard’ wild horses for Oct. 13 despite court ruling, sparking new lawsuit

A federal judge and the Bureau of Land Management haven’t determined how they will remedy an appeals court’s decision that declared the agency’s plans for eliminating whole horse herds illegal.

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