This is a non-commercial, independent website, owned and written by Nancy Kerson, for the benefit of actual and potential adopters of BLM Mustangs and Burros and similar animals.
DVD or VHS (2-DVD or 2-VHS set) almost 3 hours of instruction!
$39.95 plus $5 shipping/handling = $44.95 total
Lesley Neuman: The First Touch Gentling Your Mustang $45.00
Lesley works with 3 wild horses at a BLM adoption, and very clearly explains what is happening, what she is doing, & what she sees in each horse as it progresses. Study this video and you can learn "pressure and release" gentling techniques to gentle your own new mustang!
Help for Burro adopters! Crystal Ward Donkey Training
All the basics of gentling, handling, and training. A MUST for new burro adopters! Good for domestic donkeys, too!
What happens to horses that don't get adopted?
In the case of BLM, they are sent to live out their lives in Long-Term Holding facilities. Most of these facilities are in Kansas and Oklahoma. Here is a picture from one in Oklahoma.
Other wild horses are not always so lucky. The luckiest Sheldon USFWS horses go to the Carr Ranch in Tennessee, where they are well-cared for and almost certain to find a good adoptive home. The luckiest Virginia Range horses go to one of the non-profits who work with these horses, such as LRTC and Lifesavers, and from there they, too, go to adoptive homes. But they aren't all so lucky. Usually when you hear of Mustangs going to kill buyers at feedlots, it is the non-BLM wild horses, such as those from the Virginia Range, private or Indian Reservation lands.
Wild Horse Areas not included in this website: Indian Reservations, Private Lands
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Disclaimer: Horses are inherently dangerous. Use the information contained within this website at your own risk.
