in search of brighty : history of wild burros in the grand canyon
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In Search of Brighty : History of Wild Burros in the Grand Canyon. Late 1900s to early 1920s burros brought to the Grand Canyon by miners for use as pack animals 1919 Grand Canyon acquires national park status 1922 Bright Angel ( Brighty ) dies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
In Search of Brighty: History of Wild Burros in the Grand Canyon
• Late 1900s to early 1920s burros brought to the Grand Canyon by miners for use as pack animals
• 1919 Grand Canyon acquires national park status
• 1922 Bright Angel (Brighty) dies• 1924-1931 Park wardens kill 1467 burros at
the Grand Canyon • 1953 Brighty of the Grand Canyon by
Marguerite Henry published• 1953-1960 Wild burros “reinvented” as a
“native species” • 1971 The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and
Burros Act offering protection to burros and horses passes (Public Law 920195)