On September 9, 2016 the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board recommended that excess horses and burros in BLM’s off-range corrals and pastures that are deemed “unadoptable” be sold or humanely euthanized.
The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board is an independent panel comprised of members of the public that make recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management regarding its management of wild horses and burros. The advisory board is appointed by the secretaries of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.
Currently, there are more than 67,000 wild horses and burros on public rangelands, and the BLM is caring for nearly 50,000 animals in off-range corrals and pastures.
In response, the BLM issued a statement claiming that it is “committed to having healthy horses on healthy rangelands, and “will continue to care for and seek good homes for animals that have been removed from the range.”