Gathered Idaho wild horses available for viewing and adoption
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BOISE, Idaho – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced upcoming viewing and adoption opportunities for wild horses gathered last September from the Four Mile Herd Management Area (HMA), located on public lands north of Emmett.
The public is invited to view the wild horses at the Boise Wild Horse Corrals located south of Boise just off Pleasant Valley Road on Feb. 12 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about the program and adoption opportunities.
Many of these wild horses will be made available for adoption via BLM’s Online Corral (https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/). Online viewing of the adoptable wild horses will launch Feb. 5 and bidding will be open Feb. 15-22. Some of the Four Mile HMA wild horses will be available for adoption through the BLM Idaho 4-H partnership and the Mustang Mania Trainer Incentive Program.
“We have found offering animals for adoption through the Online Corral to be a very successful avenue for placing them into good homes,” said Raul Trevino, BLM Wild Horse and Burro Specialist.
The horses were gathered to reduce overpopulation of wild horses within the Four Mile HMA and prevent further degradation of the public lands associated with excess wild horses.
During the gather 215 wild horses were removed from public lands. There were 13 studs and 13 mares released to the Four Mile HMA to reach the low end of the Appropriate Management Level of 37 wild horses in December. The mares were treated with the fertility control vaccine GonaCon Equine, one of the vaccines the BLM uses in its management of wild horses on the range. Video of the release can be seen at https://bit.ly/3KW2r2u
Information about BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, can be found at https://www.blm.gov/whb
For more information contact Raul Trevino at 208-830-4522.
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.