March 1-2: BLM looking for good homes for burros during Wild Horse and Burro Awareness Week event in Marana

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking good homes for wild burros during three Wild Horse and Burro Awareness Week “Burro Palooza” adoption and sale events. The events will be focused on the placement of burros, primarily gathered from the deserts of central and western Arizona.  

• Marana, Arizona -  – Marana Heritage Center: March 1 - 2, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
• Willcox, Arizona - Quail Park: March 4, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 5, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
• Las Vegas, Nevada - Oliver Ranch: March 7 - 8, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

The Marana and Willcox events will feature training demonstrations with inmate trainers from Arizona Corrections Industries at 11 a.m. on the first day of the event. Trained animals in those demonstrations will also be available for sale and auctioned at those events. The pickup of burros purchased from previous Online Corral events can also be coordinated to coincide with these events.   

Most burros available at these events will be untrained. Untrained animals are $125 on a first come, first served basis. Trained horses start at $1,000 and trained burros start at $500, increasing depending on interest. More information about the trained animals which will be available can be found ahead of the events on BLM Arizona Facebook.  

Interested adopters can apply online prior to the event through the BLM’s Online Corral. To qualify to adopt/purchase, you must be 18 years of age, have approved facilities to keep the animal(s), and proper transportation home for the animal(s) from the event site. BLM staff will load each animal into a BLM-approved trailer provided by the adopter. For more information and adoption/purchase qualifications, call the BLM at 1-866-4MUSTANGS (1-866-468-7826) or visit the Florence Off-Range Facility webpage.  

The BLM offers wild horses and burros gathered from public lands in the west to qualified individuals who must demonstrate humane care for the animal. Wild horses are known for their sure-footedness, strength, intelligence, and endurance. With kindness and patience, these animals can be trained for many uses. All animals available have been examined by a veterinarian, vaccinated, de-wormed, and have a current negative Coggins test.  

Wild Horse and Burro Awareness Week, March 1 through March 8, is centered around the March 5 birthday of Velma Bronn Johnston, also known as “Wild Horse Annie”, who was instrumental in the enactment of the “Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act” (Public Law 92-195).  

Learn more about BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro program by visiting, https://www.blm.gov/whb