Terms of Maintenance and Care Agreement

The following terms apply to all "wild horses" adopted under this Private Maintenance and Care Agreement:
(a) Adopters are financially responsible for providing the proper care;
(b) Adopters are responsible, as provided by State law, for any personal injury, property damage, or death caused by animals in their care, for pursuing animals that escape or stray, and for costs of recapture;
(c) Adopters shall not transfer animals for more than 30 days to another location or to the care of another individual without prior approval of Wild Horses In Need, Inc. or it's representative;
(d) Adopters shall make animals available for physical inspection within 7 days of receipt of written request by Wild Horses In Need, Inc. or it's representative;
(e) Adopters shall notify Wild Horses In Need, Inc. or it's representative within 7 days of discovery of an animals death, theft, or escape;
(f) Adopters shall notify Wild Horses In Need, Inc. within 30 days of any changes in the adopters address;
(g) Adopters shall dispose of remains in accordance with applicable sanitation laws;
(h) Adopters shall provide animals with facilities which Wild Horses In Need, Inc. or it's representative deems to be suitable for the safe and humane enclosure and maintenance of "wild" horses; and
(i) Pursuant to NRS 569.040 to NRS 569.130, inclusive, and to protect the rights of any person who may prove prior ownership of any transferred "wild horse" to the satisfaction of the Nevada State Department of Agriculture, title to any transferred "wild" horse shall not be issued to the adopter until at least 1 year after the execution of the Private Maintenance and Care Agreement.

Prohibited Acts

The following are PROHIBITED ACTS if committed on private lands:

(a) Maliciously or negligently injuring or harassing a "wild" horse;
(b) Treating a "wild" horse inhumanely;
(c) Removing or attempting to remove a "wild" horse from private lands without authorization;
(d) Destroying a "wild" horse without authorization, except as an act of mercy;
(e) Selling or attempting to sell a "wild" horse or it's remains without title;
(f) Branding a "wild" horse;
(g) Removing or altering a freeze mark or other brand on a "wild" horse;
(h) Commercially exploiting a "wild" horse.

Failure to comply with the TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND CARE AGREEMENT or commission of any of the PROHIBITED ACTS may result in the cancellation of this agreement, repossession of the animal/s and disapproval of requests for future animals.

Title  Qualifications

Title to the transferred "wild" horse will be issued to the Adopter if and when:

(a) No other person has claimed and proved, to the satisfaction of the State of Nevada Department of Agriculture, prior ownership of the transferred "wild" horse; and
(b) One year has passed since the transfer of the "wild" horse to the adopter; and
(c) Adopter has submitted to Wild Horses In Need, Inc. or it's representative a written statement from a qualified individual attesting, to the best of his/her knowledge, that the transferred "wild" horse is receiving proper care.

Notice

Disclosure of the information is voluntary. If all the information is not provided, your application cannot be processed. If your drivers license and social security number are the same, disclosure is strictly voluntary. Failure to disclose your license number in this case will not automatically result in the disapproval of this agreement.