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Late September, BLM Idaho gathered around 70 wild horses from multiple rangelands after wildfires like the Jump Fire burned hundreds of thousands of acres, scorching the horse’s food source.
Allie Triepke, Idaho News 6 The Sands Basin Herd was gathered from the mountains beyond Marsing and the Four Mile Heard was gathered from the area where the Paddock fire had burned nearly 200,000 acres, north of Emmett.
“And we’re caring for them now at the Boise Wild Horse Off-Range Coral,” said Heather Tiel-Nelson, BLM Public Affairs Specialist.
Several people came by the corrals Saturday for the public viewing.
The BLM Wild Horse and Burro program says they didn’t see any injured horses from the fire but nearly all the ground had been burned.
Allie Triepke, Idaho News 6 “Which necessitated our emergency action to gather these animals so that we could be sure that they had enough food and water to sustain them until they can be returned to the range,” said Tiel-Nelson.