Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971

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The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 is a U.S. federal law that protects and manages wild horses and burros on public lands as living symbols of the nation’s historic and pioneer spirit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
animal welfare law ⓘ
administeredBy Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
United States Forest Service ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forest Service
alsoKnownAs WFRHBA ⓘ
amendedBy Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ⓘ
Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 ⓘ
appliesTo public lands ⓘ
wild free-roaming burros ⓘ
wild free-roaming horses ⓘ
authorizes adoption of excess wild horses and burros by private individuals ⓘ
removal of excess wild horses and burros from public lands ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 16 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1971-12-15 ⓘ
declares wild free-roaming horses and burros are to be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death ⓘ
definesAs wild free-roaming horses and burros as unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands ⓘ
describesAs living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes federal responsibility for protection and management of wild free-roaming horses and burros ⓘ
findsThat wild free-roaming horses and burros are fast disappearing from the American scene ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
policyArea environmental law ⓘ
public lands management ⓘ
wildlife conservation ⓘ
prohibits harassment of wild free-roaming horses and burros ⓘ
killing of wild free-roaming horses and burros on public lands ⓘ
unauthorized capture of wild free-roaming horses and burros ⓘ
protects wild burro herds on public lands ⓘ
wild horse herds on public lands ⓘ
purpose to manage wild free-roaming horses and burros as components of the public lands ⓘ
to protect wild free-roaming horses and burros from capture, branding, harassment, and death ⓘ
region Western United States ⓘ
relatedTo Endangered Species Act of 1973 ⓘ
National Environmental Policy Act ⓘ
requires consideration of multiple-use relationships on public lands ⓘ
cooperation with state and local agencies in management of wild horses and burros ⓘ
management of wild horses and burros at appropriate management levels ⓘ
shortName Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act ⓘ
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
subjectOf controversy over rangeland management and grazing ⓘ
litigation involving wild horse and burro management ⓘ
typeOfProtection statutory protection for wild equids on public lands ⓘ
yearEnacted 1971 ⓘ

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Kleppe v. New Mexico → relatedStatute → Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 ⓘ
Mustang → protectedUnder → Wild Free‑Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (United States) ⓘ
subject linked to: Mustangs
linked to: Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971
Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 → shortName → Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act ⓘ
linked to: Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971