The illegal shooting of five burros found dead in Death Valley National Park marked the latest chapter in a prolonged controversy over how to best manage the animals' ever-expanding population.

In 2019, there was a spate of burro killings in the Mojave Desert ... The Mojave Desert burros, unlike those in Death Valley, are protected under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act ...

Five wild burros were found shot and killed near a spring in Death Valley National Park, officials said Friday. Park officials believe it is one of the largest illegal killings in the park’s ...

There hasn’t been a large roundup in years because of a lack of funding, but the Death Valley has obtained funding to ramp up its roundups starting in the 2026 fiscal year, NPS said. The burro ...

They also should not touch or move the burro carcasses ... National Park Service is working to remove feral burros from Death Valley, for their own safety and to reduce impacts to native wildlife.” ...

They also take exception, however, to the National Park Service’s ongoing efforts to transform Death Valley into a “no-burro zone.” Burros remain a popular specimen of regional wildlife in ...

In 2019, there was a spate of burro killings in the Mojave Desert ... The Mojave Desert burros, unlike those in Death Valley, are protected under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act ...