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Biggest US holding pen planned for wild horses faces suit

FILE - Mustangs recently captured on federal rangeland roam a corral at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's holding facility north of Reno, in Palomino, Nev., on Sept. 4, 2013. Wild horse advocates are accusing U.S. land managers of violating environmental and animal protection laws by approving plans for the nation's largest holding facility for thousands of mustangs captured on public lands in 10 western states. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File) FILE - Wild horses that were captured from U.S. rangeland stand in a holding pen, at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Center in Palomino Valley, about 20 miles north of Reno, Nev., on May 25, 2017. Wild horse advocates are accusing U.S. land managers of violating environmental and animal protection laws by approving plans for the nation's largest holding facility for thousands of mustangs captured on public lands in 10 western states. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)
Biggest US holding pen planned for wild horses faces suit