BLM starting roundup of 2,000 Nevada mustangs

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ELKO, Nev. – Federal land managers have begun efforts to round up nearly 2,000 wild horses in eastern Nevada as animal welfare groups urge Congress to repeal a new law that could send some of those mustangs to the slaughterhouse.

Bureau of Land Management officials met with contractors Wednesday to finalize plans for the gather of 1,916 horses in the Antelope complex about 60 miles south of Wells and 60 miles north of Ely.

The BLM intends to return about 440 of those horses back to the range and make nearly 1,500 available for adoption.

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