Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Center by Cindy Downes

	*FTC - Horse Adoption at Pauls Valley, OK*

Flyers Riding Stables Visit to Paul's Valley

The students at Flyers Riding Stables visited the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Center
in July to see how the wild horses of America are put up for adoption.

Their tour guide was Holle Hooks

Holle works for the Bureau of Land Management and enjoys telling the students
about the horses here at Paul's Valley.

Before adoption . . .

The wild horses are collected and boarded here at Paul's Valley awaiting adoption.

"Cold" Branded . . .

Using liquid nitrogen, each horse is branded with an identifying number
called a freeze mark. Hot branding is no longer used.

Wild burros await adoption . . .

In addition to horses, wild burros are adopted here at Paul's Valley.

Getting ready for the auction . . .

The horses are gathered into pens awaiting for the adoption to begin.

Checking out the horses . . .

Everyone looks over the horses to see if there is one just right for them.

Will you choose me?

Instruction to the bidders . . .

Pat, the auctioneer gives final instructions to those bidding.

Loading the horses . . .

After the bidding is over, the staff loads the horses on the winner's trailer.

Here she comes . . .

The horse races through the tunnel towards the waiting trailer.

Through the gate . . .

and secured in the trailer . . .

Before they go home . . .

The students have one more thing to do . . .

Miss Lisa tells them to "smell the hay."

It smells sweet! Do you know why?

Posing with the staff.

Thanks for a great day at Paul's Valley Horse and Burro Adoption Center!

All images copyright.
For permission to use, contact Cindy Downes at cindy@billdownesphotography.com

For more info about wild horse adoption, see the BLM website: http://www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov/index.php

For more info about Paul's Valley Adoption Center, see: http://www.nm.blm.gov/okfo/wh_b/pauls_valley.html

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