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Wild Horse and Burro Statistics - FY 2001

Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Removal and Adoption by Office

End of Year Statistics - FY 2001 (Sept. 30, 2001)

Administrative Office /a/	Animals Adopted				Animals Removed
	FY 1972 - FY 2000		FY 2001		FY 2001
	Horses	Burros	Horses	Burros	Horses	Burros
Alaska	65	11	0	0	0	0
Arizona	2,566	1,229	248	96	2	670
California /b/	13,463	4,619	832	264	1,470	581
Colorado	5,683	674	248	80	265	0
Eastern States /b/	51,222	13,548	2,032	611	0	0
Idaho	5,881	318	217	38	164	0
Montana /b/	16,039	1,585	192	48	46	0
Nevada	3,898	561	99	5	6,238	130
New Mexico /b/	24,292	3,348	815	216	15	0
Oregon /b/	9,686	1,277	411	82	958	0
Utah	5,482	356	248	28	646	132
Wyoming /b/	9,845	1,117	373	39	1,960	0
Natl. Program Office	831	100	339	69	0	0
Total	148,953	28,743	6,054	1,576	11,764	1,513

Total Adopted, Fiscal Years 1972 through 2000:	177,696
Total Adopted, Fiscal Year 2001:	7,630
Total Removed, Fiscal Year 2001:	13,277

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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