Adoption Event Featuring Utah's Own Cedar Mountain Horses a Success
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SALT LAKE CITY— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Delta Wild Horse and Burro Facility open house adoption featuring wild horses recently gathered from the Cedar Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) was a deemed a success.
Approximately 300 horses were available for adoption on Saturday, April 22. This was the first opportunity the public had to adopt one of these beautifully colored horses. Over 300 people attended the event, some traveling as far as California, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, and throughout the state of Utah.
All horses were offered through a competitive bid process with the top bid of $375 for a two-year old buckskin gelding. Twenty-two horses were bid on with the remainder being adopted through the first come, first served process at $125, for a total of 38 horses finding new homes in private care.
The BLM uses its adoption program as the primary tool to place these iconic animals into private care. The horses featured for adoption were excess wild horses gathered and removed from within and outside the Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Herd Management Area in western Utah.
Many people have found it personally challenging and yet extremely rewarding to adopt a horse or burro. Additionally, it is a chance to care for, then own, a part of America’s heritage. The BLM has placed more than 235,000 wild horses and burros into private care since 1971. Many of those animals have become excellent pleasure, show, or workhorses.
Cedar Mountain horses are still available for adoption from the Delta Wild Horse and Burro Facility.
For more information about adopting a horse or burro or to make an appointment, call the Delta Wild Horse and Burro Facility at (435) 253-1651 or (435) 201-3834.
To learn more about the wild horse and burro program, or to obtain an adoption application, visit the BLM National Wild Horse and Burro website at: http://on.doi.gov/2h11lDS .
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.