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BLM Suspends Wild Horse and Burro Adoptions Due to Icy Conditions

Wild horse and burro adoptions at the Bureau of Land Management Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corral near Susanville have been temporarily suspended, as icy conditions have created unsafe conditions for moving the animals into the loading area.

ā€œWe had snowfall earlier this month, followed by very cold temperatures,ā€ said Emily Ryan, manager of the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office in Susanville. ā€œThe horses are safe in their pens that have no deep snow, but the alley connecting the pens to the loading area is very icy.ā€

The BLM will announce resumption of adoptions when conditions improve.

The corrals currently hold about four hundred wild horses and 331 wild burros. They are kept in pens that average about five acres in size.

Information on the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program, including adopting an animal, is available at https://www.blm.gov/whb.

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