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Horse advocates ask court to halt mustang roundup - San Jose Mercury News
The 2,100 horses and additional 200 burros to be gathered are the most among more than two dozen roundups that began last October and are to continue through September as part of BLM's plan to cull about 12,000 of 38,000 mustangs and burros from herds roaming 10 Western states.
The agency maintains that such gathers are necessary to thin overpopulated herds causing ecological damage to the rangeland that serves as critical habitat for numerous species across much of the West, including sage grouse.
But critics said there has been no discussion or consideration of removing some of the 10,000-plus cattle and sheep currently grazing on the Twin Peaks HMA.