2022 Outside Cibola -Trigo Nuisance Burro/Horse Gather (Private Property)

The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado District Office, Arizona, will remove 111 nuisance wild burros and 4 nuisance wild horses from private property outside the Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area (HMA) from October-November 2022.

Purpose of Gather:

The purpose of this gather is to remove nuisance burros and horses that are damaging private property, creating a public safety hazard for motorists along roadways and damaging local farm fields. The Bureau of Land Management has received complaints from private landowners, pertaining to numerous wild burros and horses that are creating hazardous conditions to the public near local roadways and damaging agricultural crops.

Details of Gather:

The BLM plans to remove approximately 111 nuisance wild burros and 4 nuisance wild horses from private land outside the Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area (HMA) between the months of October 2022 and November 2022 via bait trapping, water trapping, or both. A contractor and BLM staff will set temporary traps on private lands. They will remove the panels, hay, and manure once the trapping is complete. For the purpose of this gather no burros will be treated with fertility control. The Yuma Field Office will oversee all trapping operations.

Public Observation:

There will be no public viewing opportunities for this gather due to the nature of the gather.

Adoption Information:

How to Adopt

Animals removed from the Cibola-Trigo HMA will be made available for adoption at the Florence Wild Horse and Burro Training and Off-Range Corral in Florence, Arizona, through the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program. Those that are not adopted will be cared for in off-range pastures, where they retain their “wild” status and protection under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act.

Background:

The Cibola-Trigo HMA is in southwestern Arizona, north of Yuma. The area parallels the eastern shoreline of the Colorado River for approximately 60 miles from Yuma to Ehrenberg. The estimated population for this HMA as of March 2020 is approximately 616 wild burros and 275 wild horses based on various analytical population count data and reports. The Appropriate Management Level (AML) for the HMA is 165 burros and 150 horses.

Daily Gather Reports

Monday, October 31

Summary: Area is cooler and has received significant rain and slowed trapping.

Incident Commander: Chad Benson

Animals Gathered: 4 (2 Stallions, 2 Mares, and 0 Foals) 11 (9 Jacks, 2 Jennies and 0 Foals)

Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals) 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)

Animals Treated with Fertility Control: (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, 0 Jacks, 0 Jennies)
- PZP: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
- PZP-22: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
- GonaCon: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
- IUD: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
- Sterilizations: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, 0 Jacks, 0 Jennies)
- Other: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, 0 Jacks, 0 Jennies)

Animals Released: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals) 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)

Deaths: 0

- Sudden / Acute: 0

- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0

Provide short description of each animal death

Tuesday, November 1

Summary:

Incident Commander: Chad Benson

Animals Gathered: 0 ( Stallions, Mares, and 0 Foals) 83 (48 Jacks, 25 Jennies and 10 Foals)

Animals Shipped: 0

Animals Released: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals) 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)

Deaths: 1

- Sudden / Acute: 1

- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0

Fracture/neck or back. One male ran into panel.

Wednesday, November 2

Summary:

Incident Commander: Chad Benson

Animals Gathered: 0 ( Stallions, Mares, and 0 Foals) 19 (5 Jacks, 8 Jennies and 4 Foals)

Animals Shipped: 4 (2 Stallions, 2 Mares, and 0 Foals) 64 (56 Jacks, 4 Jennies and 4 Foals)

Animals Released: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals) 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)

Deaths: 0

- Sudden / Acute: 0

- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0

Thursday, November 3

Summary:

Incident Commander: Chad Benson

Animals Gathered: 0 ( Stallions, Mares, and 0 Foals) 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)

Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals) 46 (5 Jacks, 31 Jennies and 10 Foals)

Animals Released: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals) 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)

Deaths: 0

- Sudden / Acute: 0

- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0

Gather Status

[GATHER COMPLETED on 11/3/2022]

Animals Gathered: 115
4 Wild Horses (2 Stallions, 2 Mares, and 0 Foals)
111 Wild Burros (62 Jacks, 35 Jennies, and 14 Foals)

Animals Shipped: 114
4 Wild Horses (2 Stallions, 2 Mares, and 0 Foals)
110 Wild Burros (61 Jacks, 35 Jennies, and 14 Foals)

Animals Treated with Fertility Control: 0
0 Wild Horses (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals)
0 Wild Burros (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies, and 0 Foals)
  PZP: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
  PZP-22: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
  GonaCon: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
  IUD: 0 (0 Mares, 0 Jennies)
  Sterilizations: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, 0 Jacks, 0 Jennies)
  Other: 0 (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, 0 Jacks, 0 Jennies)

Animals Released:
0 Wild Horses (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals)
0 Wild Burros (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies, and 0 Foals)

Deaths: 1
-Sudden / Acute: 1
-Pre-existing / Chronic: 0

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