Saddle-trained horses available at BLM adoption event May 30 in Carson City

CARSON CITY, NEV.

Staff Reports

Sixteen saddle-trained horses from the ranges of Nevada will graduate from months of training and are looking for good homes and enthusiastic owners through the adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center off Snyder Avenue in Carson City.

The Bureau of Land Management, the Nevada Department of Agriculture & the Nevada Department of Corrections invite horse lovers and the general public to a horse adoption event in Carson City, beginning at 9 a.m. May 30.

Public access to the corrals opens at 9 a.m. and competitive bid adoptions conducted by auctioneer begin at 10 a.m.

The horses range in age from 2 to 6 years, are saddle-trained with up to 120 days of training and vary in weight and color. The beginning bid on all horses is $150. Adopters must meet qualifications to bid.

The animals are saddle-trained by inmates in the Nevada Department of Corrections program.

Adoption applications and a catalog of BLM wild horses and estray horses offered at the May 30 adoption available at www.blm.gov/nv/

For information, John Axtell at the BLM Carson City district office, (775) 885-6146; or Hank Curry and Tim Bryant at the Nevada State Prison Department, (775) 887-9331.

Enter the Northern Nevada Correctional Center off Snyder Avenue on the south side of Carson City. From Highway 395, take Snyder Avenue east for 1.5 miles to the entrance to the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. Turn right (south) and watch for signs and event personnel giving directions to the horse corrals and parking.

NNCC rules prohibit the public from wearing any blue clothing, blue jeans, tank tops or shorts. No cell phones, cameras or recording devices.