CASEY PAGE/Gazette Staff
Mares watch visitors from their pen at the BLM's Britton Springs facility after being trapped on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range. The horses will be put up for adoption to qualified members of the public.
Mares watch visitors from their pen at the BLM's Britton Springs facility after being trapped on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range. The horses will be put up for adoption to qualified members of the public.
The Bureau of Land Management says at least 38 wild horses captured from the Pryor Mountains will be sold at auction Sept. 8.
The horses were captured this summer in an effort to thin the herd and prevent overgrazing at the Pryor Mountain National Horse Range along the Montana-Wyoming border.
Fourteen geldings, 20 females and four foals will be offered at the competitive bid adoption at the Britton Springs Corrals north of Lovell, Wyo. Read MORE...