A RECENT JUDGE'S RULING HAS SUPPORTERS OF THE FERAL HORSE POPULATION NEAR PLACITAS ON EDGE. THE JUDGE RULED THE FERAL HORSES ARE NOT WILD AND ARE THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE STATE'S LIVESTOCK RULES. IT MEANS THE LIVESTOCK BOARD CAN CONTINUE TO ROUND-UP THE HORSES FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY.
PATIENCE O'DOWD IS A LONG-TIME ADVOCATE FOR THE HORSES. SHE SAYS THE HERD HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY REDUCED SINCE THE SIX OR SO ROUNDUPS SINCE JANUARY. SHE SAYS HER GROUP, WILD HORSE OBSERVERS ASSOCIATION, OR "WHOA," IS REVIEWING WHAT IT CAN DO TO CHALLENGE THE COURT'S RULING.
