Antelope Complex North News Today

A diverse group of speakers gathered in South Reno for a panel discussion on solutions to reduce the numbers of wild horses on Nevada's range and in holding facilities.

Nevada's Antelope North Complex, one of the largest BLM wild horse gathers in the nation this year, was the scene of one of the West’s greatest debates — if and how wild horses should be managed.

Following the deaths of multiple wild horses during public land roundups in Nevada this summer, activists are pressing for urgent changes in the way the federal government controls the West’s sprawling equine population. “This is probably the worst roundup I’ve seen in a very, very, very long time,” Laura Leigh, founder of the Nevada-based nonprofit…

A total of 21 wild horses have died in a two-part roundup in eastern Nevada, and activists have sued in federal district court hoping to stop "unnecessary death and suffering."