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1. BLM Facility
2. BLM Traveling Weekend Adoption
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3. Contractor Program
4. Internet Adoption
5. "Downlink" Satellite TV Adoption
6. Already Titled Mustang - Private Party Sale
7. Rescue or Volunteer Group
8. Non-BLM wild horse or burro: Comstock, Sheldon USFWS
9. Prison Programs
BLM Adoption Requirements (Requirements to adopt from Rescue Groups are usually similar)
Photo: Janet Tipton, of weanlings at the Butterfield BLM Corral in Utah
The largest is Palomino Valley Center, outside Reno/Sparks, Nevada. There are also facilities in California, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Wyoming, & Illinois. See BLM Website list of holding facilities.
This is the best way if you want one NOW, or if you have a particular color, size, etc. in mind - or if you just want to choose from the largest selection. The disadvantage is that you can't get up very close to the animals, so it is hard to get a feel for each one's personality or the fine details of an individual's conformation.
FOR PICTURES OF HORSES AT THE BURNS BLM CORRALS (OREGON) CLICK HERE (Andi Harmon's website)
Periodically, the BLM brings a weekend Adoption Event to locations, such as a county fairgrounds, or in conjunction with an event such as Wild Horse Workshop, & The Western States Wild Horse & Burro Expo. For a schedule of upcoming BLM Adoptions, click here
This is probably the most popular way to get a mustang (or burro or wild mule). You can watch them at close range, and adopters often report that they really "connected" with their adoptee. Many people report that their mustang "picked them" by making eye contact, coming toward them, or in some other way appealing to their hearts.
The disadvantage is that many others may want the same horse you want, and you can end up in a bidding war. Paying high prices is good for the Wild Horse & Burro Program, but may not be good for you.
 | This uniquely-patterned Carter Reservoir colt was the subject of a bidding "war" at an Adoption Event. While the rest of his pen-mates either went unadopted or for minimum $125 bid, he went for $1000! |
such as the Mantle Ranch or one of the Prison Gentling Programs (See BLM Adopt-A-Horse website for info), or another mustang rescue agency, (see below). In the Eastern States, the CARR RANCH has horses and occasionally burros for adoption.
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Silver State Industries, a project of the Nevada State Department of Corrections, gentles and adopts out BLM wild horses, as well as wild horses that are not protected by the Wild Horse & Burro Freedom Act (horses roaming on private or other non-BLM lands, the so-called "Comstock" horses) The Mustang Mavericks Drill Team's horses are primarily "graduates" of the Carson City, Nevada, prison's wild horse training program. Click here for: Current Carson City Prison Offerings | |||
during one of the BLM's regularly scheduled Internet Adoptions. The Internet Adoptions allow people to adopt no matter where they live (in the USA, that is)
(See BLM Adopt-A-Horse website for info) The BLM holds these once or twice a year.
Good places to look:
Ginny Freeman of "Hole In The Head Gang" horse & burro rescue,
with a group of Sheldon burros
8. Adopt a "Comstock," Sheldon, or other Non-BLM Wild Horse or Burro
See SHELDON USFWS page
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since 8-16-2006
