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| Wild Horse and Burro Statistics - FY 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSE AND BURRO REMOVAL |
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| Administrative Office /a/ | Animals Adopted | Animals Removed | ||||
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| FY 1972 - FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2003 | ||||
| Horses | Burros | Horses | Burros | Horses | Burros | |
| Alaska | 65 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 3,126 | 1,456 | 174 | 128 | 0 | 444 |
| California /b/ | 15,168 | 5,199 | 788 | 258 | 1,106 | 624 |
| Colorado | 6,242 | 808 | 150 | 38 | 3 | 0 |
| Eastern States /b/ | 55,459 | 14,823 | 1,904 | 357 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 6,200 | 405 | 103 | 21 | 16 | 0 |
| Montana /b/ | 16,350 | 1,664 | 134 | 41 | 14 | 0 |
| Nevada | 4,039 | 570 | 121 | 3 | 3,938 | 148 |
| New Mexico /b/ | 26,021 | 3,823 | 853 | 163 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon /b/ | 10,401 | 1,452 | 225 | 62 | 303 | 0 |
| Utah | 5,951 | 403 | 141 | 28 | 375 | 0 |
| Wyoming /b/ | 10,523 | 1,216 | 188 | 1 | 3,110 | 0 |
| Natl. Program Office | 1,449 | 248 | 201 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 160,994 | 32,078 | 4,982 | 1,183 | 8,865 | 1,216 |
| Total Adopted, Fiscal Years 1972 through 2002: | 193,072 |
Total Adopted, Fiscal Year 2003: | 6,165 |
Total Removed, Fiscal Year 2003: | 10,081 |
FOOTNOTES
Note: The table reflects reassignments, which occur when adopted animals are returned to the Federal government and then re-adopted. Mules are reported as burros.
| /a/ | Adoptions were previously reported by geographic state, including the District of Columbia. Beginning in 1996, consistent with removals of wild horses and burros, adoptions were reported by the administrative state conducting the adoption. Beginning in 1999, adoptions are also being reported by administrative offices, i.e., adoptions conducted in the national centers in Palomino Valley, Nevada, and Elm Creek, Nebraska, are now reported under National Program Office. |
| California administers the program in Hawaii; Eastern States Office administers the wild horse and burro program in the 31 States east of and bordering on the Mississippi River and the District of Columbia; Montana administers the program in North and South Dakota; New Mexico administers the program in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas; Oregon administers the program in the State of Washington; and Wyoming administers the program in Nebraska. |
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