{"id":554802,"date":"2026-03-30T20:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/554802\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:07:11","slug":"officials-to-remove-up-to-1500-wild-burros-from-lake-pleasant-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/554802\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials to remove up to 1,500 wild burros from Lake Pleasant area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PEORIA, AZ \u2014 The Bureau of Land Management will be gathering and removing up to 1,500 wild burros from the Lake Pleasant area starting this week.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Department of the Interior\u2019s Bureau of Land Management, the removal of burros from the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blm.gov\/programs\/wild-horse-and-burro\/herd-management\/gathers-and-removals\/arizona\/2026-lake-pleasant-hma-wild-burro-gather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Pleasant Herd Management Area<\/a> will begin on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A recent update to the herd management plan approved a herd size of about 140-250 wild burros for the area.<\/p>\n<p>Contractors will conduct removal operations using \u201ctemporary bait and water traps consisting of a series of corral panels stocked with water, forage, or both,\u201d officials say.<\/p>\n<p>The burros will then be removed and \u201chumanely transported\u201d to Florence\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.blm.gov\/programs\/wild-horse-and-burro\/adoptions-and-sales\/adoption-centers\/florence-off-range-corrals__;!!FJkDyvWmnr4!cOY_VASKEQ3TqcueqSc9d4yq5FPlcZWlXKkWTMRwcQnu0YBFXppk0SukcR45NonqAXcP_vp9kn9VcSj_D_ZFKJ3P$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Wild Horse and Burro Training and Holding Facility<\/a>, and will be \u201cprepared for the BLM\u2019s\u202f<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.blm.gov\/programs\/wild-horse-and-burro\/adoptions-and-sales__;!!FJkDyvWmnr4!cOY_VASKEQ3TqcueqSc9d4yq5FPlcZWlXKkWTMRwcQnu0YBFXppk0SukcR45NonqAXcP_vp9kn9VcSj_D_vvzDGW$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adoption and Sales Program<\/a>, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the removal of burros, officials will also be \u201cadministering fertility control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For information on how to adopt or purchase a wild horse or burro, visit <a class=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/whb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/liveplayerbanner1.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEORIA, AZ \u2014 The Bureau of Land Management will be gathering and removing up to 1,500 wild burros&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-554802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}