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Residents and advocates press county for stronger animal control and wild‑horse measures
Summary
Advocates for wild horses and animal control volunteers asked the board to restore animal control authority to the sheriff’s office, increase signage, and pursue humane responses to horses and burros on roads; the sheriff and animal shelter manager described recent responses and interagency cooperation.
Multiple public commenters urged Nye County to strengthen animal control enforcement and to take steps to reduce risks posed by wild horses and burros in the Pahrump Valley. Victoria Balint of Southwestern Wilds and other advocates described recent incidents (a fatal collision involving a mustang) and asked the board to return animal control duties to the sheriff’s office so ticketing and enforcement would have “bite.”
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