The Federal Government Is Offeringbr $1,000 if You Adopt a Wild Horse The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has created an adoption incentivebr program to deal with the growing population of wild horses across the west. Adopters are eligible to receive $500br within 60 days of adopting a wild horse,br and another $500 after titling the horse. People can adopt and maintainbr up to four wild horses each year. There are over 82,000 wild horsebr and burros in the West rangelands, which is more than triple the numberbr of animals the land is able to support. The program was made in the hopes of encouragingbr adoption, as a large number of them are beginningbr to starve due to lack of resources. The BLM usually cares for the horses by capturingbr them, but they’re at max capacity. The agency removed 11,472 horses from the wild in 2018, and only 4,607 were adopted or sold.