Holding the BLM Accountable: The 2023 Advisory Board Admission on Kill Pen "Flipping"

When 15 wild Nevada mustangs are purchased at a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) event and found in a kill pen on the exact same day, the BLM often defaults to the legal defense that "title has transferred" and they have no jurisdiction.

However, official transcripts from the June 28-30, 2023, National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting prove that the BLM is acutely aware of this specific "flipping" loophole, acknowledged that it violates the fundamental intent of the adoption and sales program, and publicly committed to addressing it.