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 Wild Horse & Burro Statistics - FY2001 

Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Removal and Adoption by Office
End of Year Statistics - FY 2001 (Sept. 30, 2001)
Administrative Office /a/ Animals Adopted Animals Removed
FY 1972 - FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2001
Horses Burros Horses Burros Horses Burros
Alaska 65 11 0 0 0 0
Arizona 2,566 1,229 248 96 2 670
California /b/ 13,463 4,619 832 264 1,470 581
Colorado 5,683 674 248 80 265 0
Eastern States /b/ 51,222 13,548 2,032 611 0 0
Idaho 5,881 318 217 38 164 0
Montana /b/ 16,039 1,585 192 48 46 0
Nevada 3,898 561 99 5 6,238 130
New Mexico /b/ 24,292 3,348 815 216 15 0
Oregon /b/ 9,686 1,277 411 82 958 0
Utah 5,482 356 248 28 646 132
Wyoming /b/ 9,845 1,117 373 39 1,960 0
Natl. Program Office 831 100 339 69 0 0
Total 148,953 28,743 6,054 1,576 11,764 1,513
Total Adopted, Fiscal Years 1972 through 2000: 177,696
Total Adopted, Fiscal Year 2001: 7,630
Total Removed, Fiscal Year 2001: 13,277
FOOTNOTES

Note: The table reflects reassignments, which occur when adopted animals are returned to the Federal government and then re-adopted. Mules are reported as burros.

/a/    Adoptions were previously reported by geographic state, including the District of Columbia. Beginning in 1996, consistent with removals of wild horses and burros, adoptions were reported by the administrative state conducting the adoption. Beginning in 1999, adoptions are also being reported by administrative offices, i.e., adoptions conducted in the national centers in Palomino Valley, Nevada, and Elm Creek, Nebraska, are now reported under National Program Office.
/b/    California administers the program in Hawaii; Eastern States Office administers the wild horse and burro program in the 31 States east of and bordering on the Mississippi River and the District of Columbia; Montana administers the program in North and South Dakota; New Mexico administers the program in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas; Oregon administers the program in the State of Washington; and Wyoming administers the program in Nebraska.

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