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Last updated: 04/04/03
For release: Wednesday, April 15, 1998
"We are working hard to ensure that animals placed in private homes through the Adopt-A-Horse or Burro program are going to people who value them and will treat them well," BLM Director Pat Shea said. "In the past, our investigations found that some people who obtained large numbers of animals by using powers of attorney from others did so to resell the animals for slaughter. This rule removes that option."
The rule will become effective May 15, 1998. The rule provided for a 60-day comment period, which ended January 9, 1998. To obtain a copy of the rule, you may call 202/452-5030. You may also view a copy online.
The BLM manages about 42,000 wild horses and burros that roam public lands managed in the West under the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. That law mandates the protection, management, and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros on public lands at population levels that ensure a thriving ecological balance.
The BLM seeks to ensure a healthy, viable population of wild horses and burros within the limits of available public land resources. The BLM does this by counting as accurately as possible the number of animals, determining the appropriate wild horse and burro populations, and adjusting populations to the appropriate size by placing excess animals in the care of private individuals through adoption.
Animals that are removed from the public lands are offered for adoption to qualified people who agree to provide humane care through the BLM's Adopt-A-Horse-or-Burro program. The fees help defray the costs of medical treatment, transportation and adoptions. After one year of providing humane care, an adopter may receive title to the animal. Adoptions take place across the United States.
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