Wild burros on the range – Wikipedia photo
If you’re in Lubbock this weekend, and if you have a corral that needs an equine inhabitant, you can buy an ass — a burro — from the Bureau of Land Management. Or a horse.
Do a favor for some ass today, if you can:
From the coolly-named Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (some links added):
Wild horse, burro auction set at Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds
More than 50 animals are expected to be adopted.
Posted: July 11, 2012 – 11:13pm | Updated: July 12, 2012 – 12:32am
The United States Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro adoption at the Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds today through Saturday.
More than 50 animals are expected to be adopted.
According to a news release, animals are periodically removed from the range to “maintain healthy herds” and protect the land. It says more than 225,000 wild horses and burros have been adopted since 1973.
The animals are described as “iconic symbols of America’s western heritage.”
Adoption fees will start at $125, as set by law.
The age requirement to adopt an animal is 18. Buyers must have no animal abuse on their records as well as room for the animal to dwell.
Buyers’ records will be checked at the time of adoption.
At least 400 square feet of corral space is required per animal as well as a 6-foot corral fence for adult horses and a 5-foot fence for yearlings. Animals must also have access to food, water and shelter.
Buyers must load animals in covered stock-type trailers with swing gates and sturdy walls and floors, according to the news release.
People who adopt horses at least 4 years of age will receive a one-time care-and-feeding allowance of $500 from the bureau after one year upon receiving official ownership titles.
The news release states that no younger horses, burros and trained animals are eligible for the allowance.
Adoptions will be from 2-6 p.m. today, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday. Animals are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Bureau staff will be available at the site to help with loading, questions and applications. The fairgrounds are located at the northeast corner of Broadway and U.S. 87.
For more information, call (866) 468-7826 or visit http://www.blm.gov/nm/oklahoma.
A formerly wild burro after adoption. 2005 photo from Wikipedia
By the way, you’re qualified to participate in discussions here, right? I mean, you do know the difference between a burro and a burrow, don’t you?
More:
- Thoughtful Thursday – The Horse, Crescent City, California(seapunk2.wordpress.com)
- BLM adoption program in Sacramento will offer 14 horses, 5 burros (sacbee.com)
- Wild Horse Auction in Sacramento Offers 14 horses and 5 burros (community.teskeys.com)
- Mustang rescue organization raising funds to save mustangs from slaughter truck, (Nevada mustangs in Pennsylvania) (examiner.com)
- Wild mustang advocates seek to preserve Western icon (Plant City, Florida) (tbo.com)
- Experts Urge BLM to Halt Massive Arizona Burro Roundup in High Desert Heat (Sonora Desert, Arizona) (rtfitchauthor.com)
- Wild mustang advocates seek to preserve Western icon (Florida) (tbo.com)
- Federal officials round up wild Calif. burro herd (sacbee.com)
- Wild horse adoption set for Tooele (Utah) (abc4.com)
- Adopt a Burrow (Tucson, Pima County, Arizona) (faircarnivals.com)
