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Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Wyoming wild horse auction

I went back out to the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne today for the second day in a row. I was there on Friday photographing folks looking at wild-born horses that were to be auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management. Today was the auction itself and several ranchers showed up to bid on the young horses, including Erich Pröll, an Austrian filmmaker who bought two horses to take back to a ranch he owns near Linz in northern Austria. The BLM captures several young, wild-born horses every year and auctions them off in an effort to control the wild-horse population in the west. Horses don’t have many predators in the wild and, unlike wild game like antelope and deer, the government cannot use hunting seasons to control the population. The first horse sold for $750, to Pröll, but several went for less than $300.

Auctioneer Scott Fluer, of Lander, auctions off a wild-born horse during an adoption sale on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. The Bureau of Land Management captures wild horses each year and auction them off after some training in an effort to control the wild horse population.
Auctioneer Scott Fluer, of Lander, auctions off a wild-born horse during an adoption sale on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. The Bureau of Land Management captures wild horses each year and auction them off after some training in an effort to control the wild horse population.
Wild horse trainer Steve Mantle watches as officials from the Bureau of Land Management auction off several horses trained at his ranch on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne.
Wild horse trainer Steve Mantle watches as officials from the Bureau of Land Management auction off several horses trained at his ranch on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne.

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Wyoming wild horse adoption

Kathi Wilson, of Cheyenne, laughs as she performs a trick with her horse, Snickers, on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Snickers, a wild-born horse, was adopted from the Steve Mantle Training Facility in 2003. Several people came to the ranch on Friday to view yearling mustangs that will be auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Kathi Wilson, of Cheyenne, laughs as she performs a trick with her horse, Snickers, on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Snickers, a wild-born horse, was adopted from the Steve Mantle Training Facility in 2003. Several people came to the ranch on Friday to view yearling mustangs that will be auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Jeff Martin, wild horse supervisor at the Wyoming Honor Farm, puts spoon, a gray stud colt, through his paces as he demonstrates to an audience how to train a wild horse on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Spoon is one of several wild horses that are up for auction on Saturday at the ranch.
Jeff Martin, wild horse supervisor at the Wyoming Honor Farm, puts spoon, a gray stud colt, through his paces as he demonstrates to an audience how to train a wild horse on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Spoon is one of several wild horses that are up for auction on Saturday at the ranch.

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Fifth graders learn about government at the Wyoming State Capitol

Micaela Heigis, left, points to a belt that she didn't like as part of Katie Mugg's outfit as a conference committee of fifth graders from Arp Elementary debate a bill dress code for teachers on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, on the floor of the House chambers in the Wyoming State Capitol. The youngsters passed a dress code for Mugg, a tutor at the school, and each change represented an amendment to the bill. The overall dress coded failed to pass because the fifth graders on the House side didn't like Mugg's orange safety vest.
Micaela Heigis, left, points to a belt that she didn't like as part of Katie Mugg's outfit as a conference committee of fifth graders from Arp Elementary debate a bill dress code for teachers on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, on the floor of the House chambers in the Wyoming State Capitol. The youngsters passed a dress code for Mugg, a tutor at the school, and each change represented an amendment to the bill. The overall dress coded failed to pass because the fifth graders on the House side didn't like Mugg's orange safety vest.
Tanner Bucklen-Lindgren, a fifth grader at Arp Elementary, raises his hand as he waits to be called so he can debate an amendment to a mock bill dealing with a teacher dress code on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, on the floor of the House chambers in the Wyoming State Capitol.
Tanner Bucklen-Lindgren, a fifth grader at Arp Elementary, raises his hand as he waits to be called so he can debate an amendment to a mock bill dealing with a teacher dress code on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, on the floor of the House chambers in the Wyoming State Capitol.

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