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Wild Horse and Burro Statistics - FY 2002

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WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSE AND BURRO REMOVAL
AND ADOPTION BY OFFICE, FISCAL YEAR 2002

 

 

 

Administrative
Office /a/
Animals AdoptedAnimals Removed
FY 1972 - FY 2001FY 2002FY 2002
HorsesBurrosHorsesBurrosHorsesBurros
Alaska65110000
Arizona2,8141,3253121310656
California /b/14,2954,8838733161,006530
Colorado5,931754311543730
Eastern States /b/53,25414,1592,20566400
Idaho6,09835610249900
Montana /b/16,2311,6331193100
Nevada3,9975664246,32121
New Mexico /b/25,1073,56491425900
Oregon /b/10,0971,359304938490
Utah5,730384221191,3370
Wyoming /b/10,2181,156305608460
Natl. Program Office1,1701692797900
Total 155,007 30,319 5,987 1,759 10,822 1,207

 

Total Adopted, Fiscal Years 1972 through 2001: 185,326

Total Adopted, Fiscal Year 2002:

7,746

Total Removed, Fiscal Year 2002:

12,029

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.


/b/

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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