Wild Burros: Death Valley's 'aliens'? (wild burros as non-native habitants of Death Valley National Park) From: E | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Hayhurst, Chris | COPYRIGHT 1997 Earth Action Network, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The National Park Service (NPS) will eradicate wild burros that threaten the native bighorn sheep in Death Valley National Park, CA. Gene and Diana Chontos of Washington founded Wild Burro Rescue while the Bureau of Land Management and NPS started a program involving burro adoption.

Rescuing threatened wild burros in California's Death Valley National Park is no easy feat. For the husband-and-wife team of Gene and Diana Chontos, founders of Wild Burro Rescue, it means - for starter ...

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