An administrative officer with The Wild Animal Sanctuary, parent of the refuge, told Western Horse Watchers that they were aware of the Taylor Grazing Act developments in Montana and the potential implications they could have in Colorado, but as of today there have been no issues or changes to their permits.
The nonprofit flipped the preference in three allotment to horses, presumably to support a conservation herd, which the BLM now says is illegal.
The May 8 news release did not mention that the final decision, and the agency’s new understanding of the meaning of livestock, arose from bureaucratic interpretation of the statutes, to pacify the crybabies in Phillips County, not the court’s.
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