16 U.S.C. § 1334 : US Code - Section 1334: Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays on private lands: removal; destruction by agents

Search 16 U.S.C. § 1334 : US Code - Section 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.