Mustangs Offered for Adoption at Cal Expo
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center will be holding an adoption for inmate-trained saddle horses. The adoption will begin at 12 p.m. on June 12th, 2016 during the Western States Horse Expo event at Cal Expo in Sacramento (1600 Exposition Blvd, Strong Arena, next to Building C).
Potential adopters must submit an application at the BLM booth #2711 in Building B prior to the adoption. On Friday at4:45 pm and Saturday at 10:30 am the BLM will be demonstrating the animals. Adopters are welcome to visit the horses in the barns as well.
The BLM California entered into a partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Dept. to operate a wild horse training facility at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove. The facility works with inmates to train wild horses for adoption removed from the rangeland. Trained horses are available for adoption from the facility through a program similar to other BLM prison-training partnerships around the nation.
The Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center is a county jail, one of two operated by the Sacramento Sheriff's Department. The correctional center houses offenders sentenced to county jail and others sentenced to county jail under the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 (AB109). The correctional center is located in rural Sacramento County and provides a variety of vocational, treatment and educational services with the goal of reducing the recidivism rate amongst county offenders.
The BLM is responsible under the Wild and Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act for managing and protecting wild horses on public lands across the west, including California. The BLM periodically gathers horses and burros to control herd populations on ranges shared with wildlife and other resources and uses. Herd sizes are controlled to ensure sufficient feed and water is available for all range users and to ensure that natural resources are not over-used. Horses and burros removed from public lands are offered to the public for adoption.
More than 67,027 wild horses and burros roam on public rangelands in the western states. More than 235,000 animals have been placed in private care since the BLM’s Adopt-a-Horse-or-Burro Program since 1971.
Additional information on requirements for adopting a wild horse or burro is available online at Adopting or Purchasing a Wild Horse or Burro.
For information on wild horse management, contact the BLM toll free at 1-866-4MUSTANGS. Information is also available online atwww.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov. Details on this adoption are available on Facebook BLM California.
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.