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This is news to us: "there are twenty-two wild horse and burro herd management areas located throughout Southern California," according to the Los Angeles Animal Services Department, which sells licenses to those planning on having one at home (but you've gotta live in an equine district, we believe). Every year, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rounds up the animals from public lands in California, Nevada and Arizona, bringing them to a corral near Ridgecrest, grooming them for adoption.
The BLM last week announced that 20-40 burros will soon be gathered up from a narrow strip of public lands between the Army's Fort Irwin and Death Valley National Park. They also plan to remove 160 of them in another nearby area later this fall. All that means it's time for the adoption push.
But buyer beware--your beloved burro can live up to 40 years, sometimes outlasting their owners, the LA Times found back in 2001.
"Burros generally adjust well to domestication and are adopted for use as pack animals, riding, pulling carts or wagons, guard animals for livestock, and as pets," according to the BLM in a press release. Information on adoption can be obtained by calling (760) 384-5765.
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I actually saw documentary on this a few years back. Apparently the vetting process is quite extensive in order to prevent, "novelty adoptions." I
There is a process to prove you do have the correct facilities for these burros also plenty of advice & help if you do adopt. However these are wild animals having lived on their own w/o human help, so the individual adopters really need to understand the commitment and dedication that these animals require. Having said that they make the greatest little acreage protectors & little yard buddy pals. Anyone who has even a few acres of property would do well to own one of these little dudes. They will protect your home from stranger animals, while at the same time learn not to hurt your dogs, cats etc. Let a coyote come onto their territory and these little burros will chase them away and stomp out at them. So if you have a little bit of land & you have the time or inclination to take the time it takes then these little guys or girls can & will be a lifetime long part or any persons "four-legged" part of their family...
Wow, not a single "ass" joke? I must say I'm surprised (and a little disappointed).