Search Continues for Shackleford Wild Horses

The survey has been complicated by similarity of the horses and movement from one band to another. Refer to this FB post by NPS for details.

RELATED: Update on Shackleford Horses.

Columnist Opposed to Delays in Spay Research

The writer of an opinion piece that appeared yesterday in the Elko Daily Free Press argues that it’s impossible to say what’s best for wild horses until sterilization experiments are performed.

You can’t make assumptions about what’s best for them. Theory and experience have no value. Knowledge and facts are useless. You have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it.

Better to cut the ovaries out of mares than to have foals born into a world of degraded ecosystems and endangered wildlife. Spontaneous abortions, permanent injuries, infections and deaths are a just cost of doing business.

Let’s get the roundup back on track and ship those mares to Hines.

Anything for the public-lands ranchers.

BLM Seeks Nominations for RACs in Oregon and Washington

BLM announced today that it has re-opened a call for nominations to open positions on five of its citizen-based advisory councils in the two states. Category Two openings, for representatives of WHB organizations, appear in the John Day-Snake and Northwest Oregon RACs.

There are no Category Two openings in the Southeast Oregon RAC, which may cover many of the HMAs in the state. Only a Category One position is available there, which is reserved for persons associated with public-lands ranching, mineral extraction and commercial recreation.

Refer to this news release for details.

Virginia Range Mustangs Stop By for Water, Leave Unhappy

Unfortunately, tanks were not on float control when these photos were taken.

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Wild Horse Struck by Vehicle on Assateague Island

An eighteen year old band stallion named ‘Sir Gruff’ was killed Tuesday evening around 7:30 pm local time, near the entrance to the barrier island. Officials did not know if speed was a factor but an investigation is underway. Refer to this report posted today by the Maryland Coast Dispatch.

Sand Wash Mustangs Hang Out at Water Hole

Filmed 05/24/18 on Sand Wash Basin, before the drought set in. H/T Mike Mack.

WHB Coming to Norco, CA

BLM will offer twenty wild horses and ten burros for adoption at the George Ingalls Event Center October 5 – 7. For more information, refer to this news release, issued today. You do the heavy lifting for a year as a foster home, then you get title.

RELATED: Adopting a Wild Horse.

More Kayaking with the Horses

On the Salt River, east of Phoenix, AZ. H/T Roamancing Travel.

Wild Horses Attend Motorcycle Rally in Virginia City

Ahead of the Street Vibrations Rally in Reno, NV. H/T Go Travel On The Cheap.

And Now for Something Completely Different

Couldn’t have said it better myself. H/T Michael Voris and the folks at Church Militant.

Salt River Horses on the Rocks

At the Saguaro Del Norte Recreation Site. H/T Broken English Books.

Kayaking with the Horses

On the Salt River, September, 2018. H/T Randy Anagnostis.

Mustang Meg Checks on Oregon Wild Horses

Refer to this summary of her trip to the Palomino Butte, Stinkingwater, Kiger, Warm Springs and South Steens HMAs. She reports that the horses looked good with a few exceptions and that water sources were low, typical for this time of year. She noted that Warm Springs looked ‘ominously empty,’ as if it was a ‘ghost town.’

Not exactly what you’d expect to hear about areas that are overpopulated with wild horses, a claim repeated frequently by the BLM and public-lands ranchers.

Salt River Cousins?

Wild horses grazing on the banks of the Verde River near Rio Verde, AZ. This river ties into the Salt River about ten miles to the south. H/T Dennis Bickers.

Update on Shackleford Horses

NPS reported on Saturday that the horses survived Hurricane Florence but the census was not complete. Refer to this story posted yesterday by WNCN-TV in Raleigh, NC, as well as this FB post by the NPS.