In July, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) began rounding up more than 1,200 federally protected wild horses on public lands in Nevada. The use of helicopters to run terrified horses over miles of scorching desert resulted in serious injuries and the deaths of more than 20 horses.

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By MATTHEW DALY (AP) – 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for an animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block a plan to use helicopters to round up about 2,500 wild horses to remove them from a Nevada range.

The mustang roundup planned for Dec. 28 would be one of the largest in Nevada in recent years. Federal officials plan to use helicopters to force the horses into holding pens before sending them by trailer to pastures in the Midwest and East. The group In Defense of Animals argued against the plan in court Wednesday.

The event is part of the Bureau of Land Management's overall strategy to remove thousands of mustangs from public lands around the West to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them. The bureau estimates about half of the nearly 37,000 wild mustangs live in Nevada.

Authorities are searching for clues in an apparent botched shooting of a horse near Rulison.

But there's hope that the horse will survive.

The horse is described as a grey gelding, approximately 14.2 to 14.3 hands high, and according to Liz Chandler, of Emergency Veterinary Care, she expects that the horse is in its late teens.

PMLA Equine Policy Examiner Carrol Abel

Bureau of Land Management officials have announced a plan to gather 90% of the wild and free roaming horses from the Calico complex and surrounding areas in Northern Nevada. Between 2,500 and 2,700 wild horses will be gathered on a three month long round up to begin in December.