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About 500 wild horses now at Montana ranch
Posted: Mar 17, 2013 10:43 AM by Matt Stafford
Updated: Mar 17, 2013 10:59 AM
ENNIS, Mont. (AP) - About 500 wild horses have arrived so far at the Spanish Q Ranch in western Montana as Bureau of Land Management officials work to reassure neighboring landowners about the long-term holding facility.
The Montana Standard reports the horses, all geldings, began arriving Feb. 27.
Officials say about 700 horses will eventually be held at the 15,456-acre ranch with the remaining 200 arriving by Friday.
The Spanish Q near Ennis has a 10-year contract with the BLM to house the horses at a cost of $1.36 per animal per day, much less than the average $5.50 cost at short-term facilities in Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and Oklahoma
The ranch will hold horses that have been captured to control population levels on public land and have not been adopted.
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