Wild Horse and Burro
A foal roped by contractors and walks side by side with contractor's horse.

BLM completes wild horse gather in Adobe Town herd management area

The Bureau of Land Management’s Rawlins Field Office completed the removal of excess wild horses from the Adobe Town herd management area in southwestern Wyoming on August 2, 2025. The gather began on July 15, resulting in a total of 1,677 animals gathered. The total includes two studs that BLM released back into the herd management area on July 31, one mule gathered and later adopted following brand inspection, and one mare and one foal reunited with owner after brand inspection.
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A woman rides on a tan horse inside of an outdoor pen with the fencing of the pen in the background and trees beyond it.

BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program Adoption Experiences: Lifelong Dream of Owning a Mustang Comes True

BLM Eastern States interviewed wild horse and burro adopter Carolyn Melton about her experiences adopting three mustangs from BLM events.
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A man in a red shirt rides a brown horse toward the camera while a crowd of people watch from bleachers.

College equine instructors to teach horsemanship using Walker—an adopted, inmate-trained wild horse

All available, inmate-trained wild horses and burros were adopted at the Wyoming Honor Farm fall adoption. One horse has a bright future teaching horsemanship at a college in Lander.
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WHB Fest Day 2 - A man shows off his saddled horse. As he finishes the course, he throws up his cowboy hat to the crowd.

Hold Your Horses: The 5th Annual Wild Horse and Burro Festival

The 2024 Wild Horse and Burro Festival, held in Hurricane, Utah, was a weekend to remember. This event was a reminder of the importance of wild horses and burros and the people who work so hard to protect and train them.
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A woman smiles at the camera as she stands next to her brown horse with white facial markings inside of an outdoor pen

BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program Adoption Experiences: First responder’s lifelong dream comes true

An interview with Kiauna Curtis, a first responder who adopted her mustang Cowboy at BLM Eastern States' Hot Springs, Arkansas wild horse and burro placement event.
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BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program Adoption Experiences: Equine therapy service places more than 60 Mustangs with veterans, first responders during 2023

An interview with Lindsey Gabbard, founder and executive director of Branded Equine-Based Therapy Services about her experience working with the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro program.
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