The revelation last week that High Desert Strategies is a collaboration between the BLM and ranchers indicates the Love Triangle is not only alive and well but gaining strength.
The agency just gave the group $468,033 to poison wild mares in eastern Oregon with GonaCon Equine, an EPA-registered pesticide.
Like the advocates, HDS refers to the product as an immunocontraceptive vaccine.
They describe their work as protecting, preserving and nurturing wild horses, which is nonsense.
They’re protecting their own financial interests with money confiscated from American wage earners!
The closest they come to acknowledging their professions is to say “Healthy rangelands are not only important to wild horse survival but also a wide variety of wildlife and many other resource users.”
They are the other resource users.
The September 8 article by the Malheur Enterprise named Rachel Amick, a rancher from Harper, as one of the volunteers.
The Operator Information Report at RAS ties the Amicks to two grazing authorizations, 3602198 and 3603120.
The Allotment Information Report ties both authorizations to Allotment #4, which contains the Hog Creek HMA, where they receive 1,757 AUMs per year.
That resource is equivalent to 146 wild horses!
Who do you suppose is stalking the Hog Creek mares when she should be looking after her own animals on her own (multi-million dollar?) base property?
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