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National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption
About Wild Horse and Burro Adoptions
Providing a home for a wild horse or burro is a challenging and rewarding experience. For qualified individuals, this is a unique opportunity to care for, then own, a "Living Legend" -- a symbol of American history -- a wild horse or burro. This document answers the most frequently asked questions about adopting a wild horse or burro. Additional information will be provided to adopters of a wild horse or burro at the adoption site.
Why does the BLM offer wild horses and burros for adoption?
The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 gave the Department of the Interior’s BLM and the Department of Agriculture’s USFS the authority to manage, protect, and control wild horses and burros on the nation’s public rangelands to ensure healthy herds and healthy rangelands.
Federal protection and a lack of natural predators have resulted in thriving wild horse and burro populations that grow in number each year. The BLM monitors rangelands and wild horse and burro herds to determine the number of animals, including livestock and wildlife, that the land can support. Each year, the BLM gathers excess wild horses and burros from areas where vegetation and water could become scarce if too many animals use the area.
These excess animals are offered for adoption to qualified people through the BLM’s Adopt-a-Horse-or-Burro program. After caring for an animal for one year, the adopter is eligible to receive title, or ownership, from the Federal Government. While the challenges to adopting enough animals is greater than ever, the program is a popular one. In fact, the BLM placed more than 178,000 wild horses and burros into private care from 1973 through 2000.
Program Offices Are Located In:
ALASKA
- Alaska State Office
ARIZONA
- Phoenix Field Office
- Kingman Field Office
CALIFORNIA
- California State Office
- Bakersfield District Office
- Ridgecrest Resource Area
- Eagle Resource Area (Susanville)
- Clear Lake Resource Area (Ukiah)
COLORADO
Canon City District Office
EASTERN STATES
- AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN & VA
Jackson District Office- Ewing, Illinois
- CT, DE, DC, IL, IN, IA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WV, & WI
Milwaukee District OfficeIDAHO
- Idaho State Office
MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA
- Billings Field Office
NEVADA
- Nevada State Office
- National WHB Center at Palomino Valley
NEW MEXICO, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, & TEXAS
- Oklahoma Resource Area
OREGON & WASHINGTON
- Burns District Office
UTAH
- Utah State Office
- Salt Lake City WH&B Center
WYOMING & NEBRASKA
- Rock Springs District Office
- Elm Creek, Nebraska
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