Go the the Mercedes Livestock Arena to see the Wild Horses and Burros up for adoption. We get there and all we hear and see are cows!
Finally locate where the Adoption is
Wild Horse and Burro Population
The Bureau of Land Management estimates that approximately 38,400 wild horses and burros (about 33,700 horses and 4,700 burros) are roaming on BLM-managed rangelands in 10 Western states based on the latest data available, compiled as of February 28, 2010. Wild horses and burros have virtually no natural predators and their herd sizes can double about every four years. As a result, the agency must remove thousands of animals from the range each year to control herd sizes.
The estimated current free-roaming population exceeds by nearly 12,000 the number that the BLM has determined can exist in balance with other public rangeland resources and uses. The appropriate management level is approximately 26,600.
Off the range, there are 40,600 other wild horses and burros that are fed and cared for at short-term corrals and long-term pastures. (As of January 2011, there are approximately 13,600 in corrals and 27,000 in Midwestern pastures.) All wild horses and burros in holding, like those roaming the public rangelands, are protected by the BLM under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
I understand the need to keep the herds at a sustainable to number to maintain their health, however,
It was still very sad to see the fear in the eyes of these beautiful animals. Running the range wild and free one day and then to end up in a pen in South Texas to be loaded onto a trailer and taken to a fenced in farm.
The adoption fee is only $125 - $250
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