WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
BURNS, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management's plans to rescue horses on Riddle Mountain have been postponed due to a temporary restraining order related to ongoing litigation. After a record dry winter and a fire season that consumed 70% of the herd management area, the herd's health is under immediate threat from severe food and water shortages.
"It's our responsibility to manage and protect these herds," said Don Rotell, Burns District Manager. "When fire and severe drought shrinks water sources and reduces forage, it's the horses and other plants and animals that pay a price."
"We want healthy horses on healthy r...