Is the BLM vaccinating and de-worming the saleable horses removed from long-term holding?
No. The horses were vaccinated and de-wormed prior to their placement into long-term holding, but have not been treated since that time. Will the BLM continue to have long-term holding facilities? A: Yes. For the foreseeable future, there will still be a need to hold animals at lower cost in an open pasture setting rather than corral setting. It may also be more expensive to close a facility and move horses than it would be to leave it open with fewer animals, because of contract pricing arrangements. As the BLM achieves appropriate management levels of wild horses and burros on public lands, there will be less need for placing animals in long-term holding. What criteria will qualify a wild horse or burro for sale? A: A wild horse or burro will become saleable once it is more than 10 years of age or has been offered unsuccessfully for adoption at least three times. Will the sale animals be marked differently than adopted animals? A: Yes. All animals removed from the range, including th
