{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-4770.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 4770.1","heading":"Prohibited acts.","body":"The following acts are prohibited:\n(a) Maliciously or negligently injuring or harassing a wild horse or burro;\n(b) Removing or attempting to remove a wild horse or burro from the public lands without authorization from the authorized officer;\n(c) Destroying a wild horse or burro without authorization from the authorized officer except as an act of mercy;\n(d) Selling or attempting to sell, directly or indirectly, a wild horse or burro or its remains;\n(e) Commercially exploiting a wild horse or burro;\n(f) Treating a wild horse or burro inhumanely;\n(g) Violating a term or condition of the Private Maintenance and Care Agreement;\n(h) Branding a wild horse or burro;\n(i) Removing or altering a freeze mark on a wild horse or burro;\n(j) Violating an order, term, or condition established by the authorized officer under this part.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER D—RANGE MANAGEMENT (4000) Group 4100—Grazing Administration","PART 4700—PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS","Subpart 4770—Prohibited Acts, Administrative Remedies, and Penalties"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"9c4d6200ce7b43e6a7e4754ed66936e70b6093357f1af5c1449f8e1314a7c8ce","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-4760.1","next":"us/43-cfr-4770.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}