Month: July 2018

Let’s Cut the Crap

Roles of the two major political parties in America, 2018.

  • Democrat: Drive us toward communism
  • Republican: Make sure we don’t turn back

The Democrat Party consists mostly of liberals and the Republican Party has a large and growing number of liberals.  They’re moving further to the left.  Conservatives are a shrinking minority.

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Remember, these people did not force their way into office.  They were put there by the voters, some of whom are your friends, family members and co-workers.

The problem is not liberalism, the problem is liberals.

“…contraception in all forms is a grave sin against the 6th Commandment, and is at the very root of almost every problem in the post-Christian, post-modern West today.  In fact, it could be argued and argued well that the West officially became the POST-CHRISTIAN West when it first began to ratify contraception.”

Now we can have a meaningful conversation on the enemies of our wild ones.

RELATED: Stepping Stones.

H/T WRSA for the photo, Barnhardt for the quote.

New Plate Captures the Struggle of America’s Wild Horses

The new specialty plate for the Virginia Range mustangs features an image of ‘Ghost,’ a stallion that roams the hills near Hidden Valley, east of Reno, NV.

It symbolizes the ruggedness of wild horses and their uphill battle against those who want them removed from western rangelands.

The plate will be available to drivers across the state and a collector’s version will be offered to individuals outside of Nevada.

The Virginia Range is ‘ground zero’ in the wild horse preservation movement, launched in 1950 by Velma Johnston.

RELATED: Proof of New Virginia Range Specialty Plate Released.

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BLM Ends Goshute Roundup

Bait-trapping concluded on 07/12/18, with 135 horses removed from lands outside the Goshute HMA, according to a BLM news release dated 07/13/18.  The report did not indicate if livestock were present on lands where the horses were grazing.

One of the captured animals was put down because of blindness.

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Refer to this chart for an explanation of Body Condition Scores.

RELATED: BLM to Gather Horses on Goshute HMA Starting Next Week.

RELATED: Blindness: Death Sentence for BLM Horses?.

BLM Urged to Fight Caliente Legal Action

The BLM should not back away from its plan to remove over 1700 wild horses from the Caliente HA Complex, according to an opinion piece that appeared today in the Mesquite Local News.

Plaintiffs consider wild horses to be “…more important than the livelihoods of ranchers who graze 4,500 head of cattle and sheep in the area.”  That the animals were placed on lands set aside by Congress for wild horses and burros seems to have been overlooked by the writer.

The editorial contains several elements from the wild horse narrative and lays most of the blame for rangeland degradation at the feet of the horses.

Herd areas, like herd management areas, include lands where horses and burros were found when the WHB Act was signed into law (go to the 8:30 mark in this video).  Over the years BLM has argued that herd areas don’t have the resources to sustain horses and burros.  If that’s true, why are they planning a gather in the Caliente complex?  There’s nothing to remove.

And if the land is too harsh for horses and burros, it must be unfit for cattle and sheep?

If the land is suitable for cattle and sheep, it’s suitable for horses and burros, who take priority over the livestock because of the WHB Act.

RELATED: Lawsuit: BLM Can’t Remove Horses in Favor of Livestock.

Cedar Mountain Gather Ordered Due to Lack of Water

BLM plans to remove 250 horses from the Cedar Mountain HMA in western Utah, according to a news release dated 07/11/18.  A start date for the gather was not provided.  Capture will be effected by water traps.  Public observation not allowed.

Animals removed from the range will be taken to the Wild Horse Facility in Delta, UT, where they will be prepared for adoption.

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The HMA covers 411,636 acres and has an AML of 390, for a target population density of 0.95 horses per thousand acres.  Pretty much in line with the national average.  The news release did not indicate whether livestock were present on these lands.  It also stated that the HMA encompassed 197,275 acres.

Gather stats can be found at this page.