2024 Outside Cibola-Trigo Nuisance Gather
Purpose of Gather:
The purpose of this gather is to remove nuisance burros that are damaging private property, creating a public safety hazard for motorists along roadways and creating a food safety issue on local farm fields. The Bureau of Land Management has received complaints from private landowners, pertaining to numerous wild burros that are damaging crops and creating hazardous conditions to the public near highways.
Details of Gather:
The BLM plans to remove 250 nuisance wild burros from private property outside the Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area (HMA) between the months of May 2024 and September 2024 via bait trapping, water trapping, or both. A contractor and BLM staff will set temporary traps on private property. 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:
Animals removed from outside 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 burros inside the HMA as of March 2024 is 279 wild burros based on various analytical population count data and reports.
- Daily Gather Reports
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Thursday, May 30
Animals Gathered: 9(6 Jacks, 3 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control:
No animals will be treated in this gather
Animals Released: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 0
- Sudden / Acute: 0
- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
Friday, May 31
Animals Gathered: 16 (12 Jacks, 4 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control:
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
Saturday, June 1
Animals Gathered: 11 (4 Jacks, 6 Jennies and 1 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control:
Animals Released: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 0
- Sudden / Acute: 0
- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
Sunday, June 2
Animals Gathered: 15 (8 Jacks, 4 Jennies and 3 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control:
Animals Released: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 0
- Sudden / Acute: 0
- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
Monday, June 3
Animals Gathered: 7 (7 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 49 (28 Jacks, 17 Jennies and 4 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control:
Animals Released: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 0
- Sudden / Acute: 0
- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
Tuesday, June 4
Animals Gathered: 16 (8 Jacks, 7 Jennies and 1 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control:
Animals Released: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 0
- Sudden / Acute: 0
- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
[Weekday, Month Day]
Summary: (Gather status, temp and weather conditions)
Animals Gathered: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control:
Animals Released: 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 0
- Sudden / Acute: 0
- Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
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Gather Status
As of JUNE 4, 2024
Animals Gathered: 74
0 Wild Horses (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals)
74 Wild Burros (45 Jacks, 24 Jennies, and 5 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 0
0 Wild Horses (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals)
49 Wild Burros (28 Jacks, 17 Jennies, and 4 Foals)
Animals Treated with Fertility Control: 0
No animals will be treated in this gather.
Animals Released:
0 Wild Horses (0 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals)
0 Wild Burros (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies, and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 0
-Sudden / Acute: 0
-Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
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