Over 40 Wild Burros Illegally Shot to Death in Mojave Desert

Over 40 Wild Burros Illegally Shot to Death in Mojave Desert

NEEDLES (CBSLA)– Authorities are searching for those responsible for illegally shooting and killing at least 40wild burrosover the past several months in the Mojave Desert region of San Bernardino County.

Since May, the carcasses of 42wild burroswith gunshot wounds have been found along the Interstate 15 corridor between the Mohave Desert community of Halloran Springs, east to the town of Primm on the California-Nevada border, according to the Bureau of Land Management.

The killed burros live in a region known as the Clark Mountain Herd Area, which is managed by the BLM’s Needles Field Office.

Wild burrosand horses are federally protected from being captured or killed under a law passed back in 1971.

The BLM has joined with several nonprofit groups, including the American Wild Horse Conservation (formerly American Wild Horse Campaign), to offer an up to $18,500 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Originally posted by CBS Los Angeles