The Bureau of Land Management is giving landowners more time to apply to run sanctuaries for wild horses. Wednesday had been the closing date but the BLM announced Thursday it was extending the application deadline to Sept. 19. It didn't say why it was granting the extension. The BLM wants to find landowners who can provide long-term care for excess wild horses as an alternative to keeping them in government-run holding facilities. The sanctuaries would have to care for at least 100 horses and be open to the public, potentially as ecotourism sites. That's the approach being taken at a 4,000-acre former cattle ranch near Laramie, Wyo. On Wednesday, the BLM approved a plan to turn the Deerwood Ranch into a wild horse ecosanctuary for up to 300 horses.
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