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Government lawyers said in court filings Monday the horse advocates are trying to inflame emotions with photos and videos of injured mustangs trying to flee helicopters and wranglers on horseback.

Rep. Dina Titus, of Nevada, has introduced a bill that would outlaw the use of helicopters under any circumstances to assist wranglers on horseback chasing the mustangs into traps — makeshift corals on the high-desert range.

A longtime observer and defender of the mustangs caught the animal’s struggle on video.

Eight years ago, Shane Adams jolted from the tent he was camping in — underwear-clad and scurrying to get dressed — when he heard a herd of wild mustangs zoom past.

Wild horses: The Devil’s Garden Colt Challenge, a program where children from across the state adopt and train mustangs, offers a solution to the horses’ overpopulation in California.