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Show 6 Thursday, Jan. Emery County Progress vm 1. 1976 BLM wild horses find Orangeville home Living symbols of the Old West, 14 wild horses which have roamed all their lives on the open range of central Nevada, have a new home in Orangeville. The Nevada BLM office is retaining the names of those who qualify as foster but whose apparents plications arrived too late to be considered for one of those captured in the roundup just concluded. BLM officials caution potential custodians that care of a wild horse entails and financial moral Grant Daniels has been selected by the Department of the Interiors Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as custodian of the 14 studs, rounded up in Stone Cabin Valley near the small ranching community of Tonopah. Some 200 horses were gathered this fall by the BLMs Battle Mountain District as part of that responsibilities. Federal officials or horse protection organization wild members Clip and Mail io: I I acting as agents for the BLM will visit each foster home at least once a year to ensure that the animal is healthy and not being used for a commercial purpose. Those who want a wild horse or burro from future roundups and feel they qualify should write to Bronco, Nevada State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Room 3008, Federal Bldg., 300 Booth St., Reno, Nev. 89509. Emery County Progress Box 138, Castle Dale, Utah 84513 j Please send a Subscription to: Name I Address State. Zip. City ! Check is enclosed for: Emery County l - Y.. Outside County 1 1 'Yew $iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiMiiiiiiitmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiin national organizations resource lands I T3a03 management program. Battle Mountain District Manager Gene Nodine explains the range in the Stone Cabin Valley area has been overgrazed by a of cattle, combination wildlife, and about 900 wild horses. There are an additional 1,100 wild horses in the area surrounding the roundup, he says. Weve got to get it back into shape, and that means and rest needs it APPAREL CENTER, QCJ(?QGJ 55 East Main management. There are just too many animals on it now, according to Nodine. Area ranchers have to voluntary agreed reductions in livestock use and the removal of the 200 horses will reduce the wild horse population in the area to slightly more than that of 1971 when the Wild and Horses and Burros Act was passed by Free-roamin- A g Congress. The 1971 act gave management, protective, and control responsibilities to the Departments of the fA Interior and Agriculture and put an end to the run- ning of wild horses and burros, commonly called mustanging , and slaughter of the animals for commercial uses. Since then, wild horse and 1 'burro herds have grown about 20 per cent each year until, in Nevada alone, there are about 1,000 burros and 25,000 wild horses, the fj largest concentration per state in the US. Nationally, there are about 50,000 wild horses and 14,000 wild burros on public lands. ft 5 The Stone Cabin Valley horses were captured by water trapping, a method by which they are attracted into corrals for drinking 1 water. Once in, the gate is closed behind them. The are animals examined to determine their condition; also a Nevada State brand in- spector determines if each is a true wild horse. If they are healthy and meet wild horse criteria, BLM per- sonnel match the captured animals with requests they have on file, attempting to place each horse with an applicant who has indicated a preference for one or with more certain characteristics. For instance, Nodine says, if someonp wants a filly and we caught one, well notify that person. If we have a two-year-olfilly and dont have an application for that kind of horse on file, well call j the person who wants the and offer that horse to him or her. Nodine admits some horses have to be destroyed because of injuries, disease, or generally poor condition. Thats done as humanely as possible, he says, by in- jecting overdoses of a pain- killing drug. Successful applicants are certified only as custodians of the animals since the Department of the Inteior, by law, retains title to them. who The custodians, transport the horses to their new homes and feed them at their own expense, must give them proper care and are not allowed to use them for commercial purposes other than ranch work. The Nevada BLM office v one-year-o- ld d !b one-year-o- ld f f I received about 3,000 f inquiries from 49 states, Puerto Rico and Canada for the Stone Jabin Valley horses. Two national organizations, protective Wild Horse Organized Assistance, Inc., and the Horse National Wild Association, are helping screen applicants to ensure that each potential custodian has an adequate place to keep a horse, knowledge of horses and their needs, and are financially and physically able to care for them. USE iPiiiitiiiiiiiiiiniimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitmntiliiiiliiitMiiiii I! llllillllllllll YOUR CONVENIENT PTC CHARGE CARD! tniiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiHiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMMMiiiMtiitiitntitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,ii,i,iii im j |