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WHERE TO ADOPT A WILD HORSE OR BURRO

There are a number of ways to adopt a Wild Horse (Mustang) or Burro:

1. Adopt Directly From a BLM Facility
2. Adopt at a BLM Traveling Weekend Adoption
3. Adopt a gentled horse from from the Mantle Ranch or other Contractor Program
4. Adopt a Prison-Trained Horse
5. Adopt from the Quarterly Internet Adoption
6. Adopt a trained horse from one of the Mustang Heritage Foundation's Contests
7. Adopt a halter-trained horse through the Mustang Heritage Foundation's TIP Program
8. Purchase an Already Titled Mustang - Private Party Sale
9. Adopt from a Rescue or Volunteer Group
10. Adopt from a Non-BLM wild horse or burro: Click here to learn about Comstock, & Sheldon USFWS horses & burros

1. Go to a BLM Facility (Be sure to make an appointment first!)

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 2 facilities in California, and one each in Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, & Illinois.

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 may not be able to 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.

2.BLM Traveling Weekend Adoption aka "Satellite" Adoption
For Schedule, Click Here: National Adoption Schedule for BLM

See "Weekend Adoption" page

Periodically, the BLM brings a weekend Adoption Event to locations, such as a county fairgrounds, or in conjunction with another event. Example: NAPA MUSTANG DAYS
   
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.

It's not always easy to predict which horses will be adopted: The pinto in the foreground was bid up to $1000.
The grullo went for a normal adoption price, the leopard appaloosa generated a small bidding war but
ended up not being adopted at all, and the palomino pintaloosa got no bids at all at this event.

3. Adopt From a Cottage/Contractor program:

• The Mantle Ranch in Wyoming will adopt out horses directly, or through the periodic BLM Internet Adoptions. (See National Adoption Schedule for BLM for info).
• In the Eastern States, the CARR RANCH in Tennessee has horses and occasionally burros for adoption, usualy from the Sheldon USFWS Proghorn Preserve.

4. PRISON HORSE TRAINING PROGRAMS:
The BLM has wild horse training agreements with state correctional institutes in CO, KS, NV, UT and WY.
Prison Wild Horse Gentling Programs are a great way to get a saddle-started Mustang!

	Bart Lawrence of Reno got his horse, Mister, from the Carson City Prison Program
Nevada: Northern Nevada Correctional Facility Wild Horse Training Program, gentles and adopts out BLM wild horses, as well as wild horses that are not protected by the Wild Horse & Burro Freedom Act (non-BLM lands, the "Comstock" and Virginia Range horses) Wyoming: Riverton Prison horse Program Colorado: Canon City Kansas: Hutchison Correctional Facility  This program also trains and sells harness-trained horses for farm and carriage work! Utah: Gunnison Correctional Facility  The Mustang Mavericks Drill Team's horses are primarily "graduates" of the Carson City, Nevada, prison's wild horse training program.

5. Adopt over the Internet 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)

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