Every week we feature a story from the American Wild Horse Campaign to raise awareness and support for the issues that our wild horses face. Please read on to learn more...
Scott Streater, E&E News reporter (May 30, 2019)
The Forest Service has abandoned a controversial proposal to sell wild horses rounded up at California's Modoc National Forest without first ensuring that the animals don't end up in slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada. However, a Forest Service spokeswoman told E&E News today that the decision is not final and is only in place while a federal lawsuit challenging so-called sales without limitation is resolved.
"Until the current lawsuit filed by the wild horse advocate groups is resolved we have agreed to limit sales so any horses sold are not for human consumption, and we are only selling with limitations at this time," Babete Anderson, a Forest Service spokeswoman, said in an email.
The move to at least temporarily halt the proposed sale is a victory for dozens of congressional leaders and animal rights advocates who strongly opposed selling wild horses and burros without protecting them from slaughter.
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