Judge Rules New Mexico Horses Not Wild
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A New Mexico judge has ruled that horses roaming the Placitas area of that state are not wild and that the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB) had the right to gather the animals last year.
Last summer, the NMLB gathered 50 horses from private property in Placitas at the request of area property owners. The Wild Horse Observers Association (WHOA) subsequently filed a complaint alleging that, by gathering the animals, the NMLB was unlawfully treating wild horses as estray livestock, court records said.
On July 16, Judge Valerie Huling ruled that WHOA “failed to demonstrate that the horses at issue were not estray livestock and that the (NMLB) acted outside of its authority.” In Huling's opinion, the NMLB had no obligation to treat the horses as wild and she ruled that the case be dismissed.
Ray E. Baca, NMLB executive director, welcomed the decision
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