BLM rounding up wild burros near Lake Havasu City

Car crashes involving wild burros led the Bureau of Land Management to begin a roundup that snared 29 of the animals using baited traps in areas north of Lake Havasu City. Fifteen donkeys were captured Saturday at three undisclosed locations north of Havasu. On Sunday, another 14 were caught. Both efforts came within two miles of State Route 95 — the location of several recent vehicle-burro collisions. “They are pretty hardy, pretty tough,” Chad Benson, BLM wild horse and burro specialist, told Today’s News-Herald. “The burros are in real good shape.” The agency intends to continue the roundups in upcoming weeks. Once captured, the burros are transported to stables in the Kingman area until adoptions or other arrangements can be made...more