MUSTANGS READY FOR ADOPTION;WILD HORSES NEED STOMPING GROUNDS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer Snorting 'snorting' Substance abuse A popular method for consuming cocaine and opiates–one nostril is held closed, the other inhales pulverized cocaine. See Cocaine, Crack. and stamping, 111 symbols of the Old West arrived Thursday at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , there to be examined by horse lovers who might give them new homes. For $125, a horse lover can take home a mustang born in the western wilderness, descended in spirit if not in lineage from the horse herds that supported the Plains Indians two centuries ago. ``It's part of the American heritage. The animals have been running wild out there for hundreds of years,'' said Mindy Odom, a Bureau of Land Management wild horse and burro burro: see ass. specialist. Rounded up in Nevada's high desert and California's eastern Mojave, 80 mustangs and 31 burros are up for adoption under the federal government's 26-year-old Wild Horse and Burro Program, enacted to save the lives of wild horses that compete with ranchers' cattle on public lands in the West. Horse enthusiasts value the mustangs for their sure-footedness and their endurance, Odom said. They are good horses for riding trails or handling cattle, she said. The fairgrounds' batch of mares came from east of Tonapah, Nev., the males from near Eureka, Nev., and the burros from the 3-year-old Eastern Mojave National Preserve Mojave National Preserve: see Mojave Desert; National Parks and Monuments (table). . They are herded by helicopter into temporary corrals before they are trucked to BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines stations. While horses have been living wild in North America since Spanish explorers arrived in the 1500s, these horses are mostly descendants of ranch animals who escaped or were turned out by their owners when mechanization mechanization Use of machines, either wholly or in part, to replace human or animal labour. Unlike automation, which may not depend at all on a human operator, mechanization requires human participation to provide information or instruction. took over the American farm in the early 1900s. ``I don't think there's any actual descendants of old Spanish horses, from way, way back. There might be - a few from way back in the hills,'' said Gene Nunn, the wrangler wran·gler n. 1. One who wrangles or quarrels. 2. A cowboy or cowgirl, especially one who tends saddle horses. Noun 1. foreman. Slightly smaller than a typical quarter horse, with long manes manes (mā`nēz), in Roman religion, spirits of the dead. Originally, they were called di manes, a collective divinity of the dead. Manes could also refer to the realm of the dead and, later, to the individual souls of the dead. and tails, the mustangs grazed on hay Thursday in temporary corrals set up at the northeast corner of the fairgrounds. Occasionally one bit or kicked a corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most mate who got too close. They watched human spectators warily, staying on the far side of the corrals. Some of the horses have been in captivity over a year, some only a couple of months, Odom said. They range in age from 8 months to 9 years. All of the horses and burros are wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. : four mustangs have been gentled by prison inmates at Kern County's Lerdo Jail to accept a bridle or to let a person pick up their feet, but none have been ridden. The animals are available for adoption from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, 155 E. Ave. I. A lottery to decide who gets first pick will be held each day at 8 a.m. Adopters must have a corral at least 20 feet by 20 feet, with 6-foot wood or pipe fences, and a stock trailer for hauling away any animal 1 year old or older. Because of reports of abuses in the wild horse adoption program, including people selling adopted horses for slaughter, the BLM now sends out an inspector to check on every adopted horse or burro, making sure their owners meet government standards for care. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Wild mustangs gallop around a temporary corral Thursday at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, awaiting adoption under a federal program. (2--Color) Equine enthusiasts look over some of the 111 wild horses and burros up for adoption. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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