An airplane pilot, Littleton first espied a Kiger as he was flying over the herd-management area with BLM District Manager Joshua Warburton, who was eager to generate outside interest in the horses to ensure their protection.

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Solar Wind Energy (which used to be called Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc.) is negotiating for a lease from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a 1, 700-acre parcel of flat, empty desert on the Mexican border, right next to an Air Force bombing range.

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To find their "mooches" for this latest scam, for a small fee the boiler-room operators buy from the BLM computerized lists of leaseholders, many of whom had previously made their purchases through other scam artists.

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Then in 1977 the BLM noticed some of the horses had distinctive traits, including stripes down the back and on the legs and black-lined hooked ears.

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