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Obama asked to halt wild horse roundup in NV

The Columbian
Published: December 24, 2009, 12:00am

RENO, Nev. (AP) — After failing to stop it in court, Sheryl Crow and other wild horse advocates are calling on President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to block a major roundup of mustangs set to begin Monday in Nevada.

The request came a day after a federal judge denied a request to block the government gather in the Calico Mountains Complex, saying opponents had failed to demonstrate that removal of the horses would violate federal law.

But in urging Obama and Reid to intervene, Crow and other horse defenders cited how U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman sided with them in one aspect of his Wednesday ruling.

The judge said federal officials likely were violating federal law by stockpiling tens of thousands of horses in long-term holding facilities in the Midwest.

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