The Nevada Department of Agriculture says it is withdrawing its request for proposals for the transfer of ownership of 2,951 wild horses on the Virginia Range after no proposals were received by the April 16th deadline.
NDA Director Jim Barbee made the order on May 2, 2018.
The NDA says the intent of the transfer was to select an owner that would work to maintain the horse population on the range and facilitate necessary horse adoptions.
No proposals were received by the deadline, therefore no contract effecting a transfer could be completed.
“We are still under an existing directive from the Board of Agriculture to manage the horses for public safety only,” Director Barbee said. “The next step is to go back to the Board for further direction, and we will continue to manage the Virginia Range feral/estray horses for public safety.”
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