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Call number	NAU.PH.2008.2.12
Item number	107977
Creator	Johnson, Roabie
Title	[Moving the horses and mules for the roundup, Whitmore.]
Alternate title	Burro rescue by boat from the Grand Canyon, Jan 5, 1981 - Jan 28, 1981.
Date	1981
Type	Image
Description	BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: In 1980 the National Park Service announced that the wild burros that had lived and reproduced in the Grand Canyon since the late 1880s were endangering native plants and animals and would have to be destroyed. Hearing this, Cleveland Amory, founder of The Fund for Animals came up with a plan to safely and humanely remove the burros. Over the course of several months, approximately 580 feral burros were removed from Grand Canyon. The burros were transported to a preserve in Texas and adopted out. The lower canyon herds, about 100 burros, were removed by helicopters and boats between Jan. 9, 1981 and Jan. 28, 1981. Among those who assisted in transporting the wild burros by river were: Roabie Johnson, Jerry Johnson, Russell Sullivan, Dave (Moldy) Moultan, Mark (Oop) Applequist, Bill Threvicic, and Hugh (Waldo) Turner. Helicopter pilots who picked up and transported the burros by air were Dan O'Connell (Chopper Dan) and Randy Stewart. Among the cowboys who rounded up the burros and who were instrumental in the success of this venture were: Dave Ericsson, Ben Fancher, Jim Marler, Billy Rohr, Richard Jordan and Clay Tyree.
Collection name	Johnson, Roabie
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
Contributor	Johnson, Jerry
Subjects	Boats--Animal rescue--Arizona--Grand Canyon Inflatable boats--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Boatmen--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Canyons Rock formations--Arizona Rivers--West (U.S. Cowboys--Arizona--Grand Canyon Horses Corrals Mules
Places	Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) Whitmore Canyon (Ariz.)
Physical format	Color Slide
Physical dimension	35mm
Master file size	188415924
Master mimetype	image/tiff
Master file format	tif
Hardware	Imacon Flextight 848
Software	Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme	RGB
Master image bit depth	48-bit
Master resolution	5000
Master pixels horizontal	6817
Master pixels vertical	4606

[Moving the horses and mules for the roundup, Whitmore.]

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