MILWAUKEE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a wild horse and burro placement event Aug. 12-13, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at Ohio Horse Park, 400  Bobcat Lane, Franklin Furnace, Ohio.

“The BLM’s goal is to place animals removed from overpopulated herds into good, private homes,” said  Northeastern States District Manager Stephanie Carman. “In Fiscal Year 2021, the Adoption Incentive Program  and other actions helped the BLM achieve more adoptions and sales of wild horses and burros than any other  year since 1997.” 

Adoptions and sales will be held by appointment only from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, and from  8 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13. On both days, placements will occur in one-hour increments (five  appointments per hour). Appointments can be made via email at BLM_ES_NSDO_WHB@blm.gov. The BLM requests all potential buyers and adopters to disclose their top three preferred time slots when making  appointments.  

The BLM’s Adoption Incentive Program was designed to help improve rangeland health in overpopulated herd  management areas in the western states and to save taxpayer costs for animals held at off-range holding  facilities. Through this program, qualified adopters are eligible to receive $1000 after one year of issuance of  the certificate of title for an untrained wild horse or burro. The incentive is available for all untrained animals  eligible for adoption with an adoption fee of $125 per animal. 

Animals that are over 10 years old or younger animals who were unsuccessfully adopted out to new homes three times may be sold. BLM staff will be available to identify these animals to interested, qualified buyers.  Purchasers will receive immediate ownership of the animals.

To learn more about BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro program, visit https://www.blm.gov/whb.