Chincoteague Foal Count Blossoms on Mother’s Day

The total as of May 10 was 44, up from 31 on May 3.

Thunderbolt was the top producer with six foals, followed by Hoppy with five.

There were 23 fillies, 19 colts and two undetermined.

Refer to this spreadsheet for a ranking of sires.

The herd consisted of 23 males and 126 females last August but those numbers may change after the pony swim and auction this July.

FWS allows a maximum of 150 horses in the refuge.

RELATED: Chincoteague Foals Blooming Like Wildflowers.

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Pine Nut Mountains: Hotbed of Advocate Corruption in Nevada

The rangeland eugenicists wander the desert looking for targets of opportunity.

Proud warrior displays pesticide-laced dart.

The names of their nonprofits give you the impression that they’re protecting wild horses but they’re really protecting ranchers.

One of them is different, however.

The Pine Nut Mountains Herd Area, where the battle plays out, encircles the Buckeye Allotment, among others.

American Wild Horse Conservancy, LLC holds 75% of the active AUMs in Buckeye according to the allotment master report.

The authorization use report gives the livestock type as cattle.

The news release for vacant allotments in Uintah County said you must control a base property and own livestock to get a permit.

Given that American Wild Horse Conservancy has a permit (#2700562), it must own the cattle.

The managing member of the LLC is American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, according to the Nevada Business Portal, also known as the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.  Search for entity number E5230582020-2 or business ID NV20201732447.

So while CAAWH tells you it’s protecting wild horses, it’s running cattle in their lawful home while its partner organizations drive the horse numbers down to protect them.

RELATED: Advocates Go on the Offensive with New ATV.

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CRS Looks at Fuels Reduction

“Grazing” appears 91 times in the report, compared to 32 instances of “herbicide.”

“Livestock” appears 24 times.

“Horse” and “rewilding” were not found.

“Boosting rancher prosperity” was not cited as a reason for the effort.

RELATED: CRS Publishes FAQ for Livestock Grazing on Public Lands.

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BLM to American Prairie: Get the Bison Off the Public Lands

The agency issued its final decision today, revoking the permits granted in 2022.

Only production‑oriented livestock operations qualify for grazing permits, according to the news release, and the agency lacks the statutory authority to allow bison on federal grazing allotments for conservation and ecological restoration.

The about-face, which may be rooted in politics, appeases ranchers in Montana and sends a strong signal to those who would establish conservancies on public lands by purchasing or leasing base properties and flipping the preference to wild horses.

Western Horse Watchers opposes the decision and urges American Prairie to explore all options for reinstatement of the permits.

RELATED: Ranchers Butt Heads with Conservationists in Bison Grazing Dispute.

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Foal-Free Friday, Knowledge Deserts Edition

You have heard of food deserts.

Knowledge deserts are found in the west, wherever the advocates are involved.

No matter where you go the answer is always the same—more pesticides and fewer horses—regardless of resource availability and carrying capacity.

Math and science have no bearing on their practice except in the area of fertility control.

PREVIOUS: Foal-Free Friday, Infertile for Life Edition.

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BLM Issues Decision on Virginia Range Fencing Project

The news release says NDA will build it but the Decision Record says the agency will proceed with construction.

There were no opportunities for public comment.

The project consists of four segments, shown in the map below.

Overall length is 14 miles.

It may connect with sections installed by others, cutting the horses off from Washoe Lake and Steamboat Creek.

Most of the barrier will be in the Jumbo and Duck Hill allotments.

RELATED: Washoe Lake Fence to Wipe Out Virginia Range Horses?

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Committee Hears Testimony, Defers Action on HB26-1306

Proponents of the bill voiced their support for humane management, a euphemism for mass sterilization—no surprise after Suckla let the cat out of the bag on April 27.

To replay their testimony, go to the recording and choose the session at timestamp 5:19:17 PM.

Consideration will resume on May 7.

RELATED: HB26-1306 Moves to Senate.

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Advocates Go on the Offensive with New ATV

The eugenicists at the Virginia Range and Pine Nut Mountains just got a shot in the arm with access to the new vehicle, courtesy of the Wild Horse Preservation League.

The goal is to minimize or even eradicate the need for future roundups according to a guest column in The Comstock Chronicle.

Of course, that can only be achieved by driving the birth rate to zero, shrinking the breeding population to zero and kissing genetic diversity goodbye.

Eradication of the Pine Nut horses benefits ranchers in the Buckeye Allotment, which includes the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in mass sterilization.

You heard that right.  The advocates are getting rid of wild horses so they can run cattle on public lands identified for wild horses.

You can’t make this stuff up!

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Herd of 270 Produces a Foal

His mom likely has a faulty immune system, raising questions about current methods.

You’ve added motorized removal to your repertoire, why not add GonaCon to eliminate these mistakes?

End the charade about preservation and admit that you’re trying to eradicate the herd.

RELATED: Cutting the Herd by 40%: It’s OK if the Advocates Do It.

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Chincoteague Foals Blooming Like Wildflowers

The count as of May 3 was 31.

Thunderbolt is the top producer, sire of five.

Chief trails Thunderbolt with four.

Fillies outnumber colts 16-11, with four undetermined.

The herd, known for its highly abnormal sex ratio, has been engineered for maximum production and maximum revenues from the pony auctions.

Meanwhile, at the Salt River, where the advocates work tirelessly to defend and protect the herd, no new foals have been reported.

Breeding, not mass sterilization, assures long-term viability.

RELATED: Chincoteague Foaling Season Underway.

UPDATE: Here is a link to the spreadsheet with pivot tables.

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Cutting the Herd by 40%: It’s OK if the Advocates Do It

What they’re not telling you is that it’s not possible to reduce a herd by 40% with birth control and natural attrition without sterilizing the mares.

A 40% herd reduction, assuming a 6% death rate, would require about eight years.

The mares will be sterile after five years of treatment.

If the Forest Service took the herd from 450 to 270, the advocates would be howling.

RELATED: Where to Find the Airheads of the Wild Horse World.

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Foal-Free Friday, Infertile for Life Edition

The BLM has not yet identified an immunocontraceptive method that has been proven to reliably and humanely sterilize wild mares according to the Silver King EA, published earlier this week (page 136 in the pdf).

An oocyte growth factor vaccine is currently under testing for its ability to cause long-term infertility or, potentially, sterility.

As for the approved methods, “Mares that received 5 or more doses of ZonaStat-H vaccine have been shown to have reduced ovarian function, and to be effectively infertile for life (Nuñez et al. 2017), and it is conceivable that the contraceptive effects of repeated treatment with GonaCon-Equine may last longer than a mare’s lifespan, depending on the mare’s age at treatment and the number of doses received (Baker et al. 2018, 2023).”

Researchers at Purdue are working on a formulation that does the job with one shot.

The advocates, evil beyond imagination, are not waiting for scientific breakthroughs.

They’re demonstrating the feasibility of mass sterilization at the Salt River, Virginia Range and elsewhere.

The pesticides do not kill horses, as stated on page 15 of the EA, they kill herds, much to the delight of the ranchers and their political allies.

PREVIOUS: Foal-Free Friday, Driving the Advocates Nuts Edition.

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Why Do the Advocates Cling to a Faulty Hypothesis?

They need a way to make their lies seem plausible.

The faulty hypothesis is the sperm-blocking theory.

If you stand in the rain with an umbrella, you don’t get wet.

If you set it aside, you get wet.

Hold it up, you stay dry.

Let it down, you get wet.

The umbrella blocks the rain.

Here’s how PZP really works.

If you hold up the umbrella for an hour, you can let it down for an hour before you get wet.

If you hold it up for two hours, you can let it down for two hours before you get wet.

If you hold it up for at least five hours, you can get rid of it.  You won’t get wet no matter how long the storm lasts.

The umbrella made you impermeable.

The distinction between the “historically accepted hypothesis” and a “complementary hypothesis,” which asserts that impermeability is the result of damaged or destroyed ovaries, is discussed on page 135 (138 in the pdf) of the Silver King EA.

See also the ISPMB report starting on page 30.

RELATED: Silver King EA Out for Review.

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