The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced that it two wild horses were adopted at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Celebration.
Award-winning Austrian film producer Erich Pröll submitted a successful bid of $750 for one filly, a grulla gathered from the Little Colorado Herd Management Area (HMA) north of Rock Springs, Wyo. This adoption marks Pröll’s fifth BLM Wyoming mustang, three of which have already made the flight to Austria.
Mustangs at BLM center
The BLM has announced that two wild horses were adopted at Cheyenne Frontier Days and upcoming events will feature the opportunity to adopta mustang.
© 2012 by Peter Schmalzer
Pröll must keep adopted horses in Wyoming for a year in order to gain the title to the animal. After obtaining the title, the mustangs are shipped back to Europe by plane. According to Pröll, American mustangs will be considered an exotic novelty in Europe, invoking images of cowboys and the West.
The other mustang that was adopted, a dun from the Antelope Hills HMA near Lander, went for $300 to a couple from Colorado.
“CFD is an awesome event for BLM and the horses we host,” BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program Lead June Wendlandt said. “Not only do folks from all over the world interact with us, but the horses as well. After nine to ten days of crowds and the noise, the horses are pretty gentle and ready to go on to the next level of training.”
For those interested in adopting a mustang, there will be several other events this summer and fall. Several saddle and halter-started horses will be available for adoption Aug. 17-18, at the state fair in Douglas, Wyoming, and Aug. 24-25 at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton.