Auction sends wild horses to sanctuary — or slaughter

Rick Loomis : Los Angeles TimesBy John M. Glionna | Los Angeles Times

On this day, 23 mustangs that state officials removed from public rangeland outside Reno will have their fates determined in the crescent-shaped bidding theater.

A showdown looms. In the crowd are so-called kill buyers scouting product to ship to a foreign slaughterhouse. Also on hand are animal activists who, checkbook in hand, plan to outbid the kill buyers.

The mood is prison-yard tense, with armed state Department of Agriculture officers looking on. Sally Summers, an activist in Wrangler jeans and hiking boots, suspiciously eyes a well-known kill buyer named Zena Quinlan.

Then the auctioneer begins his racing beat.

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Related: Nevada governor signs wild horse management bill

If you’d like to discuss equine law, contact Adam Trenk, atrenk@roselawgroup.com

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