Chowchilla Wild Horse & Burro Adoption

The Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro adoption program rolled into the San Joaquin Valley community of Chowchilla the weekend of April 24-25, and left 58 horses and burros with new adoptive families.

Valley residents took home 47 horses and 11 burros over the two-day event.

The adoption program moves to the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley on May 15-16, then to the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico on June 12-13.

Above: Litchfield wrangler Grant Locke moves horses toward the loading chute.

Above: Horse trainer Brian Kalaygian gets up close and personal during a training
demonstration held as part of the Chowchilla adoption.

Above: A young visitor checks out the burros during the Chowchilla wild horse and burro adoption.

To News.bytes, issue 154

To BLM California Home page

3/27/2004