LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) — A video showing a worker kicking a wild animal during a government-funded operation in northern Nevada on July 26 has prompted three separate groups, which advocate for humane treatment of wild horses, to demand answers and for the Bureau of Land Management to review the incident and hold a meeting with workers.
American Wild Horse Conservation, a California-based group, recorded video of an incident where workers for the Bureau of Land Management captured wild horses and burros at the Blue Wing Complex, located 65 miles northeast of Reno in Pershing County.
The group, AWHC, filed a formal notice of abuse with the BLM on Tuesday, demanding accountability.
AWHC’s director of law and policy, Fernando Guerra, wrote a letter to Tracy Stone-Manning, the BLM director, and Jon Raby, Nevada’s state director expressing his concerns with how things were handled.
“Besides being appalling and disturbing, the unprofessional and violent conduct of your contractor is prohibited by all governing authorities and demonstrates the inadequacy of this contractor in performing its duties,” Guerra wrote.