United States Ninth Circuit
In Defense of Animals v. US Dept. of the Interior, 12-17804
Summary judgment in favor of federal defendants in an action alleging that the roundup of wild horses and burros from the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area violated the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (the Act) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), is affirmed, where: 1) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) acted with its authority under the Act when it implemented the 2010 Gather Plan on the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area; 2) the BLM's decision not to prepare an environmental impact statement under the NEPA was not arbitrary and capricious; and 3) the BLM did not act arbitrarily and capriciously under NEPA when it responded to comments highlighting the possibility of scientific dissent regarding the administration of the immunocontraceptive PZP.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/12/2014
- Published 05/12/2014
Judges
- BEA
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit