Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
BLM announced today the start of a 30-day comment period on a draft environmental assessment for fuels reduction in northern Nevada via livestock grazing.
The EA contains 149 pages plus front matter and multiple appendices. A project of this size should have a 90-day review period.
The EA and supporting documents can be found on this page.
RELATED: Comments Invited on Targeted Grazing Project in Nevada.
Sort of.
This is such a great video. Posting again to piss off the PZP zealots and their ranching allies. Volume up!
Operation of the machine can’t be all that bad, as the video shows a horse coming back to eat after ‘treatment.’ Most of them probably did the same thing, so it was hard to choose the right clip for the video.
Do you think the user of this equipment will want darted mares eating more of the bait, when there is so much need out in the pasture? Do you think said user will be willing to feed the studs when they come in for a bite?
Hell no!
There must be another feature in the machine that drives the animals out after they’ve been treated or deemed unnecessary, such as an electric shock.
POW! Hit ’em with a dart. Then ZAP! So long sucka!
The following video, posted in 2017, shows a prototype of a machine that automatically darts wild horses in the field. The company now seeks investors to commercialize the technology.
The device targets the forequarters of the animals, contrary to the conventional wisdom in the darting world. It is not clear how the PZP zealots, whose purpose in life is now at risk, will respond.
Oil and mining companies, the greatest threat to wild horses and burros according to some ‘advocacy’ groups, have shown little interest in the contraption.
RELATED: New Machine Darts Wild Horses Automatically.
Wildlife Protection Management, a team of “scientists, engineers, ranch managers, and outdoor enthusiasts,” has developed a system that vaccinates and microchips wild horses on the range, without human involvement.
“There is tremendous interest from policy makers, rangeland managers, tribal entities, and horse advocates,” according to an announcement posted today by EIN Presswire.
The only thing missing is a hopper that refills the trough with hay.
On the Yakama Indian Reservation with Rick Rinehold.
Finally got a new controller for the UV sterilizer, warranty claim took three months to process. Old one had been in service for about a year and a half.
A few weeks later a leak appeared on one of the tank tees. Turned out to be a crack in a threaded connection, probably caused by the pipe plug. The fitting is threaded on the inside (female) and outside (male).
Replaced with a ball valve. The system supplies water to the Virginia Range mustangs.
The naturally occurring water sources in the Muddy Creek and Sinbad HMAs are in hazardous locations and not accessible to wild horses and burros, according to a rebuttal posted yesterday by Citizens Against Equine Slaughter.
The organization insists that water must be provided until monsoon season.
May and June are the best months to find them up here. Elevation 6,200 feet.
Looks like they’ve arrived on the Virginia Range.
A report posted today by The Hill says that 220 positions are shifting from Washington, DC to the new headquarters in Grand Junction, CO, with additional jobs moving to offices in other states, leaving just 61 employees in the Washington office.
Unfortunately, only 68 employees have agreed to move, leaving many unfilled positions in the new locations, including several top posts.
The agency hopes to complete the move to Colorado in July, according to the story.
RELATED: Why All the Backlash Regarding BLM’s Headquarters Move?
You can’t have a conversation about wild horses without having a conversation about public-lands ranching, but a story published yesterday by KSL News of Salt Lake City does exactly that.
Why don’t the horses have any natural predators? Public-lands ranching.
Why can’t the land support more than 27,000 wild horses? Public-lands ranching.
Why do they leave their HMAs in search of food and water? Public-lands ranching.
Nature determines resource availability but resource allocations—and the problems arising therefrom—are man made.
When you carve out 80% or more of the forage for privately owned livestock, wild horse numbers must go down. The programs are not independent, but intertwined.
The PZP zealots want to see the horses wild and free on their home range, they just don’t want them conceived and born on their home range. Makes perfect sense.
RELATED: Lies of Omission in New WHB Management Strategy.
The agency said today that the tanks were drawing wild horses and burros away from better forage in the Muddy Creek and Sinbad HMAs and habituating them to unnatural water sources.
An aerial survey on May 30 confirmed that natural water sources were available and that the public should not be concerned just because a pond near a road dries up.
Interested persons should always reach out to a nearby BLM office before taking any actions to support the health of wild horse and burros, according to the news release.
How many examples can you find in this story about the Fish Springs wild horses, who inhabit an area east of Gardnerville, NV?
Nope, that last one doesn’t count. Firing contraceptive darts into their hindquarters, with all the attendant risks, is much less invasive than low-flying aircraft.
RELATED: EPA Ordered to Reconsider PZP Registration.
Virginia Range mustangs spar briefly then go their merry way.
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