Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
Two documents have been copied to the project folder.
The DNA asserts that a 2023 EA covers the Proposed Action, which is to capture and remove an unspecified number of wild horses to reach the low AML of 612.
The project area includes 604,380 acres of public lands outside the HMA.
Comments are due by October 25 according to the news release.
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The incident started on September 20. Results through September 24:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The death rate is 2.3%.
The capture total includes 119 stallions, 127 mares and 58 foals.
Youngsters represented 19.1% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female.
Body condition scores on Days 4 and 5 ranged from 2 to 3.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, a technique that prolongs genetic bottlenecks created by roundups.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within five miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities are closed to the public for the duration of the roundup, with the exception of observers escorted by BLM staff.
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Three out of four horse owners are female.
No gimmicks are needed to sell fertility control to the advocates.
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Dangling $30 million for fertility control in front of wild horse advocates, as was done earlier this week at the Wild Horse and Burro Roundtable, is like parading cases of whiskey in front of alcoholics.
Don’t be surprised if they come out in favor of helicopter roundups, the cornerstone of catch-treat-release.
Fertility control is a dead end for wild horses, resulting in permanent infertility, loss of genetic diversity and herd collapse.
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Attend the Mustang Rendezvous fundraiser on September 26, hosted by Friends of a Legacy.
Details in this story by the Cody Enterprise.
Proceeds typically fund administration, outreach and—wait for it—darting supplies.
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The agency is taking urgent actions to protect wild horses and burros from extreme overpopulation and widespread drought according to the news release.
The current population exceeds 3X AML.
That means more horses and burros than allowed by plan, not necessarily more animals than the land can support.
If the photo in the news release showing degraded rangeland was taken in Riddle Mountain, it was also taken in the Burnt Flat Allotment, which contains the HMA.
Your faithful public servants decide how the available resources will be apportioned: Some for wild horses, more for livestock and little for wildlife.
As for the list of roundups in the announcement, there is a small problem.
The BLM doesn’t have a budget for FY27, which starts on October 1.
A continuing resolution keeps the lights on until December 11.
In FY26, the budget wasn’t approved until late January and a roundup schedule wasn’t published until mid March.
RELATED: Management Priorities at Riddle Mountain.
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The incident started on September 19. Results through September 23:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The capture total includes 70 stallions, 60 mares and 22 foals. The gather page says 69, 61 and 22.
Youngsters represented 14.5% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female.
Body condition scores on Days 4 and 5 ranged from 4 to 5.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
Up to 55 horses will be returned to the area, including 22 mares treated with fertility control.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities are closed to the public for the duration of the roundup.
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A BLM representative told Western Horse Watchers in an email message that the roundtable was a one-time, closed listening session to gather diverse perspectives on humane, sustainable wild horse management.
It’s not clear if the big tent included any opponents to fertility control or permitted grazing.
Recall the comments by Celeste Carlisle of Return to Freedom, one of the nonprofits participating in the roundtable, about who to invite to such meetings:
“You definitely have fringe groups that do have valid concerns and bring a lot to the table but by them being at the table there’s no advancement in the discussion.”
Video queued up to the mark, just hit Go.
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UPDATE: The BLM rep said in a subsequent email that the meeting was not open to the public.
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The incident started on September 20. Results through September 22:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
A stallion was euthanized on Day 2 for poor body condition.
Two mares were dispatched on Day 3 for the same reason and a third for blindness.
To date, all deaths are intentional.
The death rate is already high, 3.2%.
The capture total includes 80 stallions, 93 mares and 45 foals.
Youngsters represented 20.6% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female.
Body condition scores on Days 2 and 3 ranged from 1 to 4.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, a move that would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
Recovery is expected.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within five miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities are closed to the public for the duration of the roundup, with the exception of observers escorted by BLM staff.
PREVIOUS: Jackson Mountains Roundup in Progress.
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The incident started on September 19. Results through September 21:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
No animals were taken on Day 2.
The capture total includes 44 stallions, 37 mares and 12 foals.
Youngsters represented 12.9% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female.
Body condition scores on Day 3 ranged from 4 to 5.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
Up to 55 hand-picked horses will be returned to the area, including 22 mares treated with fertility control.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities are closed to the public for the duration of the roundup.
PREVIOUS: Sand Wash Roundup in Progress.
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Protection and humane management are codewords for continual application of fertility control pesticides, with the inevitable result of permanent infertility and herd collapse.
Don’t give them a penny.
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You didn’t get an invitation?
Today’s meeting included pesticide pushers and ranching sympathizers from Humane World for Animals, American Wild Horse Conservation, Return to Freedom, Beaver County, the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the Wild Horse and Burro Working Group according to a BLM news release.
Your faithful public servants announced a $30 million earmark from the Department of Agriculture to expand and accelerate fertility control efforts nationwide.
The expenditure will allow the BLM to increase field capacity, train and deploy more fertility control applicators and expand pesticide delivery across remote herd areas.
The announcement said that fertility control is most effective once gathers reduce herds to sustainable sizes.
In other words, use helicopters to create genetic bottlenecks then transition to chemical sterilization to make sure there is no possibility of recovery.
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The incident started yesterday as advertised with 147 horses captured, 115 shipped, none released and three dead.
The 2021 roundup had one of the highest death rates on record, 5.9%.
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The incident was set to begin on the day of the news release.
The capture and removal goals are 500 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be around 700.
The management plan allows 217.
A helicopter will push the horses into the traps.
The contractor is Warner and the contract amount is $303,630.
Public lands within five miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities will be closed to public access except for observers escorted by BLM staff.
Captured animals will be taken to the privately owned corrals near Winnemucca.
There are no plans to beat the numbers down permanently and declare victory for the ranchers, sometimes referred to as sustained fertility control, a huge disappointment to the advocates.
The HMA is the last one on the FY26 schedule.
The agency does not have a budget for FY27, which begins on October 1.
The government was funded by a continuing resolution until December 11.
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On the Virginia Range with Deborah Sutherland.
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The incident started on September 19 with 11 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.
PREVIOUS: Sand Wash Roundup Announced.
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The incident was basically a 100% roundup with selective return, leaving around 100 hand-picked wild horses to repopulate the area.
Q. Did the helicopter sterilize any mares?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Was the breeding population destroyed?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Did the roundup stop genetic mixing?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Did the incident attract women?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Did the contractor impose an irreversible genetic bottleneck?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Why do the advocates favor extinction over recovery?
A. They want the ranchers to win.
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The incident concluded on September 18 with 356 horses captured, 235 shipped, 109 released and 12 dead.
There were no unaccounted-for animals.
The death rate was 3.4%. All deaths were intentional.
The capture total included 131 stallions, 157 mares and 68 foals.
Of the animals released, 56% were stallions, 41% were mares and 3% were foals, an attempt to skew the sex ratio in favor of males and prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The average daily take was 89.
The roundup liberated 2,964 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.
RELATED: Fifteenmile Roundup Announced.
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The incident will begin on September 19 according to a BLM news release.
The capture goal is 300 and the removal goal is 245.
The target is horses.
A helicopter will push them into the traps.
The contractor is Cattoor and the contract amount is $222,590.
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities are closed to public entry except for observers escorted by BLM staff.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Wheatland off-range corrals.
Of the 55 horses returned to the HMA, 22 will be mares treated with a fertility control pesticide, probably PZP.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
PREVIOUS: Sand Wash Roundup Delayed?
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A new project has been created in ePlanning and three documents have been uploaded.
The HMA is known for a low percentage of public lands, 16,279 BLM acres out of 84,963 total acres according to the 2026 population dataset.
Comments are due by October 16.
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