Arizona
Arizona wild burros relocated to combat overpopulation, how you can adopt one
LAKE HAVASU, AZ (AZFamily)—According to American Wild Horse Conservation, Arizona is home to the largest number of wild burros.
More than 150 years ago, burros were brought to western Arizona to help with mining operations.
Now, they can be found just outside of cities like Lake Havasu and Oatman.
However, Jason VanBuskirk, Bureau of Land Management Public Affairs Specialist, said they’ve become overpopulated so the BLM is working to transport them for their own safety and the public.
“We want to make sure that we are dealing with the animals as though they are wild animals. We should enjoy them in their habitat,” VanBuskirk said.
Wild burros attract a lot of attention, but VanBuskirk said when the population is overblown, it can also impact the ecosystem.
Plus, they can be a hazard on the road. Last month, one of the animals was involved in a deadly accident on State Route 95.
“When they eat a certain number of species of plants then we know that they’re harming other species that are indigenous,” VanBuskirk said. “Also, we recently had some motor collisions and some interactions with folks that haven’t been good for either.”
The BLM is removing about 100 burros from the area north of Lake Havasu over the next 10 years. VanBuskirk said they’ve already captured 90 and relocated about 75.
“Ours are bait and water traps,” VanBuskirk said. “So we set up areas where we begin to feed and water them and then when they get comfortable then we build a corral around that area. They continue to come in but there’s no out for them.”
Once captured, they’ll be moved at night and taken more than 200 miles away to Florence the Wild Horse and Burro Training and Off-range Corral, where people can then adopt them.
“They are trained and adopted out,” VanBuskirk said. “I have come to discover that we’re in the high 99% adoption rate like almost 100 like so close we could almost call it 100%.”
VanBuskirk said they want to protect the animals, but that starts with the public keeping a distance.
“They’re they’re awesome to look at,” VanBuskirk said. “But feeding them, petting them, otherwise socializing and getting them used to humans is not healthy for them or us.”
You can learn more about the BLM’s project here.
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(Stacker) – Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Arizona using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of May 1.
Arizona by the numbers
– Gas current price: $4.72
– Week change: +$0.08 (+1.7%)
– Year change: +$1.41 (+42.8%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $5.39 (6/17/22)
– Diesel current price: $5.80
– Week change: -$0.08 (-1.3%)
– Year change: +$2.30 (+65.9%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $6.21 (4/8/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in Arizona
#1. Scottsdale: $4.90
#2. Peoria: $4.84
#3. Phoenix Proper: $4.82
#4. Glendale: $4.82
#5. West Valley: $4.80
#6. Phoenix-Mesa: $4.80
#7. East Valley: $4.80
#8. Yuma: $4.75
#9. Flagstaff: $4.73
#10. Lake Havasu-Kingman: $4.70
#11. Prescott: $4.69
#12. Sierra Vista-Douglas: $4.55
#13. Tucson: $4.53
#14. Pima County: $4.53
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Georgia: $3.80
#2. Oklahoma: $3.82
#3. Mississippi: $3.83
#4. Arkansas: $3.84
#5. Louisiana: $3.84
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
#5. Nevada
– Regular gas price: $5.15
#4. Oregon
– Regular gas price: $5.21
#3. Washington
– Regular gas price: $5.61
#2. Hawaii
– Regular gas price: $5.64
#1. California
– Regular gas price: $6.06
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PHOENIX — The Mammoth have generated a buzz in Utah, igniting a new fan base with a trip to the playoffs in their second season.
The previous fan base back in the desert still feels a connection with the franchise once known as the Arizona Coyotes and the players who set the foundation for its current success.
But there’s also a strange detachment from seeing the team they once rooted for playing in a city more than 600 miles away under a different name.
“I’m a hockey fan and I’ve been cheering for them; most of those guys, that team, that organization were here,” Maricopa County Supervisor Tom Galvin said on Friday. “But in many ways, I feel disconnected from them. They’re playing in Utah, they have Utah fans, they play in a Utah arena.”
Galvin is trying to bring NHL hockey back to the Phoenix area.
Not long after the Coyotes left for Utah in 2024, he helped create an advisory committee that includes former Olympian Lyndsey Fry and Andrea Doan.
Fry, who grew up in the Phoenix area, has been a stalwart in Arizona youth hockey through various programs and spearheads community relations for the committee.
Utah Mammoth left wing Brandon Tanev (13) attempts to shoot against the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Las Vegas. Credit: AP/John Locher
Doan has strong ties to hockey; her husband, Shane, was the longtime captain of the Coyotes and her son, Josh, is a current NHL player who started his career with the Coyotes. She works with Galvin on finding a potential owner for a potential NHL expansion team and possible sites for a new arena.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman had repeatedly said the league would like to have a franchise in Arizona again — it owns the Coyotes name — but the right ownership and arena location have to be in place.
“We have to find a good and appropriate location for an arena — that has been an issue bedeviling the Coyotes for the better part of 25 years — and we need a billionaire to put up money to buy the team,” said Galvin, who works on the advisory committee on his own time. “So my joke is, if you know a billionaire, please let me know because there’s not that many around and that’s what it takes in professional sports these days.”
The Coyotes struggled during their 28-year run in Arizona, going through multiple owners and three different arenas.
The franchise had an arena plan for Tempe, but voters shot it down. Another proposal for an arena in Scottsdale fell through when previous owner Alex Meruelo couldn’t secure a land-rights deal, leading to the franchise’s move to Utah.
Coyotes fans have tried to keep a connection to the new version of the team, but it’s not quite the same from long distance.
“I’ve got to tell you, my enthusiasm for them really dropped off,” Galvin said. “But I do love watching hockey and enjoy watching great other teams.”
Galvin is doing his best to bring it back to Arizona in person.
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