Bureau of Land Management begins planned removal of 1,000 burros near Kingman while Arizona Department of Agriculture seeks to significantly reduce Salt River horse herd size
On Monday, the Bureau of Land Management began removing about 1,000 wild ground-breasted ruffins near Kingman, Arizona, over a scheduled eight-week period. According to one story According to a report by Alex Weiner published Jan. 1 on KTAR.com, the BLM estimates the burrow population at 1,925 in the Black Mountain Herd Management Area west of […]
Wildlife managers to gather Arizona burros with population too high
PHOENIX — The Arizona Bureau of Land Management plans to remove up to 1,000 wild burros from the Black Mountain Herd Management Area west of Kingman starting Jan. 8. The Black Mountain herd has a population of about 1,925 individuals, more than three times the appropriate population size for the area, the agency said. The […]
Mohave County’s burros part of BLM birth-control study | Local News Stories
KINGMAN — As part of a federal program to reduce the overcrowding of exotic animals that roam the mountains east of Bullhead City, more than a dozen wild donkeys jumped at the chance to return to their adapted habitat this week. As the doors of our stock trailer opened, 14 donkeys scrambled at the eastern […]
Animal Advocates ‘Appalled’ at Wyoming Lawmakers’ Proposal For Legal Slaughter of Wild Horses and Burros
Wyoming legislators to the U.S. Congress wild horse It’s legal in the US. The meat will be sold in the US and international markets. Animal rights groups are unhappy with the move. Simone Netherlands, Head of Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, said: [simple] Humane methods of slaughtering horses. To do it humane requires precision. […]
