Federal Judge Says No to BLM Sterilization Experiments

The project is now on hold according to a report published this evening by Oregon Live.

USFS Still Silent on Heber Wild Horse Shooting

A necropsy was performed before the horses were buried, according to a brief report posted today by the White Mountain Independent of Show Low, AZ. The $2,500 reward offered by the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office is still available. Officials are unable to comment on the investigation at this time.

BLM Ovary Cutters Sharpening Their Knives?

Sterilization of Warm Springs mares could begin as early as 11/05/18, according to a report published today by The Argus Observer of Ontario, OR. Requests to stop the ‘research’ are being reviewed by the Interior Board of Land Appeals. If a stay is not granted, the Mengeles at Hines will have a green light to carry out their work.

They’re All Starving

Anti-horse propaganda by Golden Productions, posted 10/31/18.

The footage may be dated. There is no Smith Creek HMA in Nevada (there is a Smith Creek HA but it has no AML). Horses don’t run on allotments, cattle do.

According to the interviewees, the horses are overpopulated, have no natural predators and are not important (refer to the wild horse narrative).

“We don’t have the resources to keep these animals healthy.”

BLM said earlier this year that 82,000 wild horses and burros were present on western rangelands. They graze 24/7, consuming roughly one million AUMs per year (82,000 times 12).

At the WHB Advisory Board meeting last month, one of the presenters indicated that 8.8 million AUMs were consumed by livestock in 2017. They graze six months per year or less, which means there were at least 1.5 million cow/calf pairs on the range (8.8 million divided by 6).

Three million head, privately owned, compared to 82,000 wild horses and burros.

Chincoteague Wild Pony Dies of ‘Swamp Cancer’

A horse on Chintogeaue Island, VA has died of a fungal infection, despite an attempt to save her via surgery. Refer to this story, which appeared today in The Virginian-Pilot.

The affliction usually produces lesions on the lower limbs. Horses can become infected through a wound if they stand in water containing the pathogen.

At least seven ponies on the island have contracted the illness and seem to be recovering from the surgery, but it’s a slow process according to the volunteers who care for them.

And Now for Something Completely Different

Hot-crazy matrix. Originally appeared on James Yeager’s Tactical Response channel until the do-gooders at Youtube/Google shut it down.

Little Bookcliffs Gather Over?

The roundup is complete, according to news reports, but the page with gather stats and daily reports says this:

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Ninety three horses were gathered from the WHR, with forty returned and no deaths.

Body condition scores ranged from three to five, not exactly what you’d expect in an area that was overpopulated. The problem was not lack of food. Could it be that the forage loss was more than the public-lands ranchers were willing to tolerate?