The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites you to head out to the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri, on June 22–24, 2007, and take home a mustang or burro from America’s public range lands. Some of the animals available for adoption will be not-so-wild, halter trained horses.

 

If you’ve ever romanticized about owning a living legend but are not quite ready to start the gentling process from scratch, this adoption is for you. Several animals will be available that have already begun their training toward becoming gentled, loving creatures.  These halter trained animals are limited in number so come out early to get a chance at taking home one of these gentle, living legends for a minimum fee of $125. Adopt an animal and aside from getting a wonderful treasure, BLM will also provide you with your choice of a nice ball cap or T-shirt. 

 

The three-day event features approximately 60 wild horses and burros, ranging in age from yearlings to five-year-olds.  In addition to our halter trained animals, we will have nice, healthy yearlings, mares, studs, geldings, and there will be a limited number of jack burros also in need of good homes.

The application process is simple and can be completed onsite throughout the three-day event. Beginning Friday, June 22, from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. stop by the fairgrounds and pick out your favorites! Head on back Saturday, June 23, and be ready to adopt your favorite through the oral bid adoption starting at 9:30 a.m.  

 

Following the oral bid adoption, remaining animals are available for adoption on a walk-up basis until 5 p.m. on Saturday, and on Sunday, June 24, from 8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  An added bonus is that any applicant who is approved for two or more animals, and adopts a full fee animal first, may adopt a second animal for just $25.

 

For more information on the application process, call 1-866-4MUSTANGS or visit www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov to download an application.

 

The BLM manages more land – 258 million surface acres – than any other Federal agency.  Most of this public land is located in 12 Western States, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1.8 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation.  The BLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.  The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, and cultural resources on the public lands.