Associated Press - October 23, 2009 1:25 PM ET
GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) - Federal officials conducted a wild horse roundup in northern Wyoming in a continuing effort to reduce wild horse numbers to more manageable levels.
Bureau of Land Management managers conducted a wild horse gathering operation this week in the remote Fifteenmile Herd Management Area near Worland. The 83,000-acre area is located within Washakie, Big Horn and Park counties in north central Wyoming and includes rolling hills, rugged canyons and badlands, and a portion of the Bobcat Draw Wilderness Area.
Horses were last gathered in the area in 2004.
The BLM captured and removed about 300 wild horses and left another 85 in the wild.
The captured horses will be put up for adoption.
Information from: Casper Star-Tribune - Casper, http://www.trib.com
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