BLM to Relocate Utah Mustangs from Utah Corrections’ Program

More than 1,000 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mustangs will be relocated in the wake of a dispute between the federal agency and the Utah Department of Corrections.
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More than 1,000 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mustangs will be relocated in the wake of a dispute between the federal agency and the Utah Department of Corrections.

As of 2014, the BLM manages about 40,815 horses and 8,394 burros roaming BLM-managed rangeland in 10 Western states. Another 15,779 horses and 195 burros are fed and cared for in short-term holding corrals. Meanwhile, 31,638 horses reside in long-term pastures. Some of the BLM-managed animals receive, by contract, feed and care from the inmates of states' penal systems.

According to Gus Warr, Wild Horse and  Burro Specialist and program manager of Utah's wild horse and burro program, the Utah Wild Horse and Burro Program Manager, in 2007 BLM-Utah entered into a cooperative Agreement  with Utah Correctional Industries (UCI), a division of the Utah Department of Corrections. Under that contract,  inmates of the  Utah's Gunnison Prison would gentle and house the wild horses. In August 2014, 1,126 horses resided at the facility, Warr said.

The cooperative agreement allowed the BLM to pay UCI on a per-horse, per-day basis. The agreement also included appropriate provisions and citations that restricted payment to UCI for only allowable costs

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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