---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 261.23"
title: "36"
number: "261.23"
heading: "Wild free-roaming horses and burros."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/261.23"
---

# §261.23. Wild free-roaming horses and burros.


The following are prohibited:

- (a) Removing or attempting to remove a wild free-roaming horse or burro from the National Forest System unless authorized by law or regulation.
- (b) **Causing or allowing the inhumane treatment or harassment of a wild free-roaming horse or burro.**
- (c) Removing or attempting to remove, alter or destroy any official mark used to identify a wild horse or burro or its remains unless authorized or permitted by law or regulation.
- (d) **Violating any terms or conditions specified in a care and maintenance agreement or permit.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[46 FR 33520, June 30, 1981. Redesignated at 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1011(f); 16 U.S.C. 460l-6d, 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c)-(d)(1), 1246(i).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[46 FR 33520, June 30, 1981. Redesignated at 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]