In Arizona: Arizona Burro Roundup Begins: Updates and News Coverage

Friday, June 8, 2012

Arizona Burro Roundup Begins: Updates and News Coverage

American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

June 8, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment

The BLM’s Cibola-Trigo burro roundup in southwestern Arizona began at 7:30 a.m. on June 6,2012. On the first day, the BLM captured 62 burros in 4 helicopter runs. Included were a number of foals. On day 2, the BLM captured 12 additional burros before calling the roundup in the late morning. Day 3: BLM reporting the capture 36 additional burros for a total of 110 burros captured as of 6/8/12.

Cibola Trigo Burro Roundup Day 2 (6/7/12), BLM Photo

The capture operation aims to remove 350 wild burros living in this remote region of the southern Sonora desert. Although BLM claims that burros are overgrazing, burro experts have stated that these animals regulate their population numbers in accordance with water availability. One wild burro population studied in the Mojave Desert showed a 7 percent reproduction rate — a far cry from the 15-25 percent rate of increase claimed by the BLM.