Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
The ranching advocacy group and organizer of the Wild Spayed Filly Futurity ceased operations on 10-31-24 due to lack of funding.
The domain now supports a crypto betting site but you can read the news release on Wayback Machine.
The announcement by Western Justice says that it’s staffed by the same group of people Forrest Lucas assembled at Protect the Harvest.
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The incident started on April 2 as planned.
The capture total as of April 5 was 29, consisting of 22 jacks, six jennies and one foal.
No animals had been shipped or released and there were no deaths.
RELATED: BLM Announces Black Mountain Bait Trap Roundup.
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Report by KVVU News.
The names of the organizers were not given.
Pay no attention to the advocates, they are enemies of America’s wild horses.
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The incident concluded on April 11 with 513 burros captured, 507 shipped, none released and four dead.
There were two unaccounted-for animals.
513 – 507 – 0 – 4 = 2
The death rate was 0.8%.
Three of the deaths were intentional, including an orphaned foal that refused handfeeding.
The capture total included 252 jacks, 233 jennies and 28 foals.
Youngsters represented 5.5% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female.
There were no plans to treat any of the jennies with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The operation liberated 3,078 AUMs per year.
RELATED: BLM Announces Bullfrog Bait Trap Roundup.
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Filmed on a three-day ride from Caliente to Pioche, an area bordered by the Silver King and Eagle HMAs and overlapped by BLM grazing allotments.
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The Forest Service said the incidents remain under investigation according to an article by the White Mountain Independent.
What if those who do the investigating were on friendly terms or sympathize with those who pull the trigger?
Would that explain the lack of arrests?
RELATED: More Wild Horses Found Dead in ASNF.
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A new project has been created in ePlanning but no documents have been uploaded.
Three HMAs are affected: Eagle, Choke Cherry and Mount Elinor, along with multiple grazing allotments.
Contrary to what the advocates would have you believe, land-use plans inform HMAPs, not the other way around.
They protect ranchers not wild horses.
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It’s not the cranky toilet.
It’s not the long journey to the moon, which took twice as long as the Apollo missions.
It’s the prevalence of women at NASA, especially in the control room.
If you want to see how screwed up things can get, look at the wild horse world, which is dominated by women.
That’s what happens when you supplant logic and reason with emotion.
Long live the patriarchy!
RELATED: Women Ruin Everything.
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The mauling of a wild burro in southern California could represent a new way of getting rid of free-roaming equines.
If it works on jacks and jennies it will work on fillies and colts.
The advocates won’t support it because it’s inhumane and, more importantly, might loosen their grip on nonmotorized removal.
Western Horse Watchers has not seen any endorsements of the project.
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The online meeting runs from 12 to 2 PM Mountain time according to the news release.
Those wishing to testify must register in advance.
Written comments will also be accepted.
Historically, the advocates have opposed motorized removal of wild horses and burros but they are warming up to the idea, led by the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group.
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The incident started on April 6.
The capture total as of April 7 was 19, including 14 jacks, four jennies and one foal.
No animals had been shipped or released and there were no deaths.
RELATED: BLM Announces Lake Pleasant Bait Trap Roundup.
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The management plan allows 362 wild horses on 151,435 public acres, or 2.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Beyond that, rangeland health will suffer according to your faithful public servants.
The Sand Wash and Sheepherder Spring allotments lie mostly within the HMA.
Sand Wash offers 7,568 active AUMs on 69,457 public acres according to the allotment master report, equivalent to 9.1 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Livestock should be kept below this limit, which is almost four times higher than that for the horses, to maintain rangeland health.
The allotment is in the Improve category but none of the AUMs have been moved into the suspended column to help the land recover.
There is no need for such action when you can blame the horses for the problems.
Sheepherder Spring offers 9,042 active AUMs on 74,147 public acres, equivalent to 10.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.
It’s in the Improve category but no AUMs have been suspended.
The current population in Sand Wash Basin is thought to be 505, or 3.3 wild horses per thousand public acres, over the limit for wild horses but under the limit for livestock.
That is the double standard for rangeland health.
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Video from yesterday’s rally at the state capitol, organized by Friends of the Salt River Wild Horses.
Who’s sterilizing the mares? The Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group, a forward base of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.
Who’s gearing up for motorized removal? SRWHDG.
Who’s been lying about their intentions and loyalties? SRWHDG.
Does FSRWH have anything better to offer?
You have Friends of the Mustangs in Colorado and Friends of a Legacy in Wyoming and they are enemies of the horses.
RELATED: Advocates Protest Salt River Wild Horse Removal.
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Around 30 gathered at the state capitol according to a report by The Arizona Republic.
Apparently, they’re not concerned about the mass sterilization program and inevitable disappearance of the herd.
The article said a bill is working its way through the state legislature that might afford additional protections for the herd.
RELATED: Salt River Motorized Removal to Begin This Summer?
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Your faithful public servants released the report through one of their media cronies, hoping for favorable treatment, instead of posting it to their website.
As of this morning, the 2024 update tops the list.
At the end of 2025 there were 102 horses on Shackleford Banks, down from 119 at the end of 2024, according to the 2025 update.
The herd consisted of 61% females and 39% males.
The expected range of variation for either sex, assuming they’re equally likely to occur, is 35.1% to 64.9% according to the following relationship, where n = 102 and p-bar = .5.
Although there is some evidence of an abnormal sex ratio, it doesn’t provide a basis for action.
Seven foals were born in 2025. One died and two were removed, leaving four to offset the 20 adults that died.
The net change is -16, which would put the year-end population at 103.
The size of the breeding population and the number of sterilized mares were not given.
The pesticide of choice is PZP although this is not stated in the report.
RELATED: Shackleford Herd Grew Slightly in 2024.
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The bill was referred to the Appropriations Committee without amendments.
Proponents said it will raise funds to help the state buy pesticides (to beat the horse populations down in favor of livestock).
The measure was considered first at today’s hearing.
RELATED: Finance Committee to Consider HB26-1306.
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Oregon’s most infamous allotments, a few miles east of Frenchglen, are still up for grabs according to the Vacant Allotment Finder.
RELATED: If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of the Hammond Allotments.
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A black-and-tan German Shepherd mix and a black Cane Corso attacked the animal last week according to a report by ABC7 News, supporting the theory that recent injuries and deaths have been inflicted by trained dogs.
RELATED: Reward Offered in Reche Canyon Burro Attacks.
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In the ASNF with AZ Places Camping.
Forest Road 124 runs south from Highway 260 toward the Mogollon Rim in the Willow Wash allotment, southeast of Heber-Overgaard.
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The incident began on April 5 with 98 burros captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.
RELATED: BLM Announces Bullfrog Bait Trap Roundup.
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