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Facts and Figures 1997
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WILD FREE ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS
ESTIMATED POPULATION NUMBERS
AND ANIMALS REMOVED AND ADOPTED

Fiscal Year Number Horses Number Burros Number of Horses
Removed**		 Number of Animals Adopted Numberr of Burros Removed
1973 800 60 0 0 *
1974 1,050 55 0 0 *
1975 1,670 70 21 21 *
1976 1,803 70 32 24 *
1977 2,176 51 108 70 *
1978 2,171 51 327 295 *
1979 1,714 13 171 156 *
1980 1,489 13 73 71 *
1981 1,326 23 100 92 *
1982 1,528 23 43 37 *
1983 1,545 50 48 45 *
1984 1,699 50 102 78 *
1985 1,263 46 623 174 *
1986 1,384 67 278 98 *
1987 1,319 86 175 126 *
1988 1,778 105 54 70 *
1989 1,884 91 201 59 26
1990 2,006 89 219 38 13
1991 2,523 100 364 143 0
1992 2,417 72 384 419 0
1993 2,168 72 525 315 0
1994 2,128 102 356 487 0
1995 2,461 140 275 487 0
1996 2,277 118 415 308 52
1997 2,765 152 555 487 26
TOTAL - - 5,449 4,072 117

1997-ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF ANIMALS PER DISTRICT

Field Office Horses Burros
Salt Lake 482 0
Cedar City 1092 0
Richfield 424 70
Moab 297 82
Vernal 470 0
TOTAL 2,765 152

*1989 was the first year burros were removed in Utah.
**The difference between animals removed and animals adopted is the number Utah removed to be shipped to Eastern States adoption centers.
  

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