§ 1334. — Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays on private lands: removal; destruction by agents.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1334]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 30--WILD HORSES AND BURROS: PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL
Sec. 1334. Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays
on private lands: removal; destruction by agents
If wild free-roaming horses or burros stray from public lands onto
privately owned land, the owners of such land may inform the nearest
Federal marshall or agent of the Secretary, who shall arrange to have
the animals removed. In no event shall such wild free-roaming horses and
burros be destroyed except by the agents of the Secretary. Nothing in
this section shall be construed to prohibit a private landowner from
maintaining wild free-roaming horses or burros on his private lands, or
lands leased from the Government, if he does so in a manner that
protects them from harassment, and if the animals were not willfully
removed or enticed from the public lands. Any individuals who maintain
such wild free-roaming horses or burros on their private lands or lands
leased from the Government shall notify the appropriate agent of the
Secretary and supply him with a reasonable approximation of the number
of animals so maintained.
(Pub. L. 92-195, Sec. 4, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 650.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1333, 1338 of this title.
