The Bureau of Land Management’s Cañon City Wild Horse and Burro Facility is under a voluntary quarantine due to an "unknown yet highly contagious" disease outbreak, the bureau announced Monday.
Highlights
- The Bureau of Land Management’s Cañon City Wild Horse and Burro Facility is under a voluntary quarantine.
- 57 horses have died so far since the outbreak began on April 23.
- Officials are working to determine the exact cause of death.
- There are currently 2,550 horses at the facility.
- Horses that were gathered from the West Douglas area in fall 2021 are most impacted, the bureau said in a press release.