Wild mustang statistics. (Chart-Reading Activity).Free-roaming wild horses Wild Horses may refer to:
see overstocking. . When a herd grows too large for the available grazing grazing, n See irregular feeding. grazing 1. actions of herbivorous animals eating growing pasture or cereal crop. 2. area of pasture or cereal crop to be used as standing feed. See also pasture. area, the BLM removes excess animals and places them with qualified owners through its Adopt-A-Horse program. Directions: Use the data table to answer the questions below. 1. What's the total number of free-roaming wild horses living in all 10 states? What's the total number of wild horse adoptions in all 10 states? 2. Which state has the greatest number of free-roaming wild horses? Which state has the second most? 3. Which state adopted the most number of wild horses? Which state took in the fewest adopted horses? 4. Which state has the fewest wild horses? Which state has 189 wild horses? 5. If the population remains constant, how many horses will need to be removed for the BLM to reach its population goal of 27,000 total free-roaming wild horses by 2005? Don't Stop Now: On the back of this worksheet, or on a separate sheet of paper, make a bar graph showing the number of wild horses by state. Make a second bar graph to show the number of adoptions by state. Think About It: Adoption is only one method of mustang mustang [Sp. mesteño=a stray], small feral horse of the W United States. Mustangs are descended from escaped Native American horses, which in turn were descended from horses of North African blood, brought to the New World by the Spanish c.1500. population management. Research other options. Then debate the pros and cons pros and cons Noun, pl the advantages and disadvantages of a situation [Latin pro for + con(tra) against] of each. Here are some Web sites to help you get started: Wild Horses: An American Romance www.pbs.org/wildhorses/wh_solutions/ wh_solution_intro.html Assateague National Seashore--Wild Horses www.gorp gorp - /gorp/ (CMU, perhaps from the canonical hiker's food, Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) Another metasyntactic variable, like foo and bar. .com/gorp/resource/us_ns/md/ hors_asa.htm Wildlife Fertility Control www.pzpinfo.org/application.html ANSWERS CHART READING SKILLS 1. 43,629; 2,965 2. Nevada; Wyoming 3. California; Nevada 4. New Mexico; Montana 5. 16,629
Wild Horse Populations and Number of Adoptions by State (Year 2000)
Free-Roaming Number of
State Wild Horse Population Wild Horse Adoptions
Arizona 275 217
California 3,492 623
Colorado 943 309
Idaho 669 156
Montana 189 114
Nevada 24,321 39
New Mexico 70 483
Oregon 2,635 329
Utah 3,420 257
Wyoming 7,615 438
Total
Source: US Bureau of Land Management, End of-Year Statistics, 2000
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