Colville Business Council approves controversial horse removal contract

The Colville Business Council took a series of actions on Jan. 24 related to feral horses on the reservation, including changing a law to allow machines such as helicopters to be used in the capture of feral horses, approving a contract to do so, and raising the bounty tribal members receive for removing the horses themselves.

The contract with Sun J Livestock is for $478,750 and is for the remova...