The number of horses removed from the construction site has climbed to 24 according to an NDA news release dated August 9.
The news release confirms they were taken to NNCC where they will be microchipped and identified to ensure they are not returned to the range.
An inventory of the animals was not provided.
An advocate with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, organizer of the mass sterilization program, told KRNV News in the following report that the horses could be sent to auction, where they could be sold for slaughter.
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Western Horse Watchers Association 