A story by Phoenix New Times says a strike-everything amendment would place a three-year moratorium on wild horse removals from the Lower Salt River while researchers conduct a genetic viability study examining how many animals are needed to maintain a healthy breeding population.

The bill cleared the Arizona Senate in February and has been taken up by the House, where legislators have proposed several amendments.

The House engrossed version states that the population was 273 as of March 28, with a negative growth rate due to a successful fertility control program—which has evolved into a mass sterilization program because it has exceeded the window of reversibility.

Simone Netherlands, instigator of the program, thinks the state is pushing the herd toward long-term genetic collapse.

But it’s a fait accompli—she and her field workers have already done it.

You cannot maintain genetic diversity when the birth rate and breeding population are essentially zero and will stay at zero because the mares have been ruined by fertility control pesticides.

The article noted that the bill, if approved by the House, will have to go back to the Senate for ratification of amendments.

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Two persons face misdemeanor charges according to this report by WSOC News.

The reporter did not indicate if the suspects had been holding the animals temporarily before shipping them to another location.

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Steve Cohen, who represented Tennessee’s ninth congressional district for almost 20 years, will retire at the end of the term according to a report by The Hill.

Here he speaks about the PZP amendment, an attachment to a FY21 spending bill.

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The total reached 56 on May 17, up from 44 on May 10.

Last year’s record was 103.

There was a four-way tie for top producer, with Hoppy, Prince, Thunderbolt and Twist responsible for six foals each.

Gender was evenly split, with 27 fillies, 27 colts and two undetermined.

Refer to this spreadsheet for a ranking of sires.

The herd, engineered for maximum production and revenues, consisted of 23 males and 126 females last August.

FWS allows a maximum of 150 horses in the refuge.

It’s not clear if the advocates, who hate foals, motherhood and genetic diversity, are taking more anti-depressants to cope.

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At the Currituck Outer Banks with Joshua Stauffer.

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The advocates point to the number of horses in off-range holding to justify their fertility control programs.

They won’t look at resource availability because those figures would show the darting programs aren’t necessary.

Remember, they’re pesticide salesman, not conservationists.

These data, from the Jackson Mountains EA, tell you why the off-range corrals are flooded with wild horses, that many animals can go back on the range, and that the bureaucrats are lying about rangeland health and the carrying capacity of public lands.

Ask the advocates to explain it.

Here’s a hint from section 3.13 in the EA regarding the Jackson Mountain allotment:

If analysis of monitoring data were to show that the carrying capacity of the Allotment differs from the carrying capacity listed in the Decision, the available forage would be apportioned in the same proportions used in the decision (18% of available forage to wild horses, and 82% to livestock).

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A Draft Environmental Assessment has been copied to the project folder with comments due by June 15.

Alternative A, the Proposed Action, features removal of excess animals to low AML, application of fertility control pesticides, sex ratio skewing and selective return of sterilized animals.

Table 11 provides data for livestock grazing.

The new HMAP is discussed in Appendix XIII.

The news release said the HMAP will set objectives for managing wild horses to maintain a thriving ecological balance within the HMA.

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A Draft Environmental Assessment has been copied to the project folder with comments due on June 15.

Alternative A, the Proposed Action, features removal of excess animals to low AML, application of fertility control pesticides, sex ratio skewing and castration of stallions.

The footnote on page 6 (10 in the pdf) says that up to 1/4 of the population would be managed as permanently nonreproducing (roughly half of the stallions), on top of the mares sterilized by the pesticides.

The HMAP is discussed in section 2.2.

Table 8 has data for livestock grazing in the Complex.

The news release said that comments, including your identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time.

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The project targets animals on private land according to the news release.

There were no opportunities for public comment.

The method of removal would be in-house bait trap.

A roundup has not been announced and the incident does not appear on the schedule.

The CX said the burros have damaged the landowner’s fences but did not indicate if Oregon was a fence-out state and if the barriers met the requirements of a legal fence.

The ArcGIS Viewer puts the project area in the West Warm Springs Allotment.

Note that it has a green boundary but no orange boundary, suggesting that it’s part of the HMA but not part of the allotment.

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An article by the North Dakota Monitor suggests that the Park Service, despite political intervention and public opposition, intends to eliminate the TRNP wild horses by inoculating the mares with a birth control drug that will reduce fertility and could cause complete sterilization.

“An intended sharp decline in the birth rate will mean the inevitable ruination of the herd.”

What you may not realize is that the method enjoys broad support from the wild horse advocates, with qualifications: Mass sterilization is OK if done with PZP.

They’re demonstrating this at the Salt River, Virginia Range and elsewhere.

You will not question the need for removal.

Horse advocates believe the herd’s health will be compromised, according to the story, in part by the loss of the very characteristics that made them suited to the challenging environment of the Badlands.

What advocates?

The writer did not tell you that the local advocacy group, Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates, is a forward base of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in mass sterilization.

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Representatives voted 62-3 today to concur with Senate amendments.

The bill was subsequently repassed 55-10 as amended.

To replay the proceedings, go to the recording and click on timestamp 11:52:34 AM.

The final step, after some procedural moves, will be to send it to the governor.

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The BLM’s decision is not grounded in resource damage, permit violations or failed stewardship, according to the news release, it reflects a political effort to target bison conservation despite overwhelming evidence that the nonprofit has managed the land responsibly for years.

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The bill received a 26-9 vote yesterday with no new amendments.

To replay the proceedings, go to the recording and click on timestamp 6:15:26 PM.

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Here are some snippets from the following video.

Maybe in the legs too.

More injuries and infections.

The advocates are trying to convince the bureaucrats and ranchers that they can be as ruthless as the helicopter pilots and wranglers.

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She’s not responding to the mass sterilization program.

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The measure carried 4-3 in a voice vote today with two amendments.

To replay the proceedings, go to the recording and click on timestamp 8:56:07 AM.

If it passes in the Senate, it will go back to the House for ratification of the amendments.

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