Adopt a wild horse at the Mowdy Ranch Wild Horse Public Off-Range Pasture near Coalgate, Oklahoma
Mowdy Ranch Public Off-Range Pasture
16242 State Highway 31
Coalgate, OK 74538
United States
Event Description
The Bureau of Land Management will offer the public an opportunity to adopt or purchase a wild horse at an adoption and sale event held at the Mowdy Ranch Public Off-Range Pasture on Saturday, June 14.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature ten wild horses available for adoption or purchase. The Mowdy Ranch Public Off-Range Pasture is located at 16242 State Highway 31, Coalgate, OK 74538.
BLM staff will be onsite to assist with and approve applications. To qualify to adopt, applicants must be at least 18 years old, with no record of animal abuse. Qualified homes must have a minimum of four hundred square feet of corral space per animal, with access to food, water, and shelter. A six-foot corral fence is required for adult horses; five feet for yearlings; and four-and-a-half feet for burros. All animals must be loaded in covered, stock-type trailers with swing gates and sturdy walls and floors. Find more information about the BLM’s Adoption and Sales programs.
The Mowdy Ranch Public Off-Range Pasture is one of four BLM-contracted off-range pasture facilities that are open to the public by appointment. Spanning wooded hills and open valleys in southeastern Oklahoma, 350 wild horses graze the 3,500-acre ranch owned by the Mowdy family, who have lived and worked there for five generations. Learn more about the Mowdy Ranch.
The BLM manages and protects wild horses and burros across 25.5 million acres of public lands in 10 Western states. Since 1971, the BLM has placed more than 300,000 wild horses and burros into good homes. These efforts help ensure healthy animals and healthy rangelands for future generations.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.