Burros were used by gold minors as packaging in California over a century ago. Today, wild donkeys are full of the areas of the County of San Bernardino, where they have become a risk of security on local roads.
To solve the problem of overcrowding, county officials approved new agreements with a local non -profit organization to help sterilize and move many equiders of pint -sized to sanctuaries.
“These partnerships reflect our commitment to local, compassionate and community solutions to manage the population of Burro Sauvage in the County of San Bernardino,” said Luther Snoke, County Managing Director on Tuesday at a meeting of the Supervisors Council on Tuesday.
The founder of Donkeyland, Amber Levonne, said in a statement that the rescue organization was “delighted to continue working with the County of San Bernardino as part of new contracts to support our local wild Burros”.
According to the county. Another contract would provide funding in Donkeyland to castrate 100 donkeys within one year.
The county also joined the non -profit organization to collect and transport burros to the Donkeyland sanctuary. The organization has a wildlife reserve with more than 2,000 acres of space for wild burros and donkeys.
Donkeys or wild burros come from domestified donkeys left by gold minors over a century ago. The Burros have traveled the pine forests and the Armoise fields in the Big Bear Valley region, but their number could overwhelm rare and disappearance species.
In addition, some residents have complained about the destruction of private property and that animals can be traffic dangers, endangering residents and burros.
The donkeys were injured and killed in traffic collisions, according to county officials.
The county had previously worked with Donkeyland, but the county officials said that there was disagreement as to whether the organization had the capacity to accommodate additional burros in their sanctuary at the end of 2024.
Donkeyland officials, however, refuted the assertion that they told the county that they were at full capacity.
“The county knows with the first hand that we are able to house 550 other permanent residents,” wrote the Donkeyland board of directors on Facebook. “We do not know why they expressed publicly that we are at full capacity and yet they brought us several herds on December 12, 2024.”
The Department of Public Health of the Comté decided to associate rather with the peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue to capture and save nearly 256 burros in the region not constituted in a canyon company.
The county ended this contract with Pacitule Valley on January 24 after receiving negative comments from supporters of Donkeyland.
“The PVDR and the Department of Public Health of the Comté have mutually agreed to conclude the contract for the Wild Burro rescue and relocation services, signing a letter of termination from January 24, 2025”, according to the Wild Burro Program of the Comté.
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