Just a few miles away from the conference site, center of frame in this photo, advocates with the Campaign Against Wild Horses are poisoning the Virginia Range mares with PZP, an ovary-killing pesticide.
Month: April 2024
If Sourdough Was Managed Principally for Wild Horses
The AML would be 545 and the stocking rate would be 7.9 animals per thousand public acres.
The allotment, located southeast of Harper, OR, offers 6,538 active AUMs on 68,844 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.
The bureaucrats and ranchers tell us that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
The advocates give credence to the story with their darting programs.
If it was an HMA, the AML would be 70 and 475 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.
April Fools Headlines We Wish Were True
Bureaucrats, Ranchers, Advocates Charged with Unlawful Use of Pesticides
Roy Steps Down, Board Resigns, Amid Allegations of Fraud
Leigh Backpedals on HMAPs, Admits Won’t Help Wild Horses
Velma Johnston Recognized as Only True Wild Horse Advocate
Court Orders BLM, Forest Service to Disclose Forage Allocations in Wild Horse Areas
Court Sides with FOA Regarding Maintenance Roundups
A U.S District judge ruled that the BLM cannot conduct maintenance roundups under its ten-year plans after it achieves AMLs, according to a news release dated April 1.
The decision may put an end to the agency’s long-term decisions where it gathers wild horses over ten-year intervals without taking public comment or examining new data.
Lake Pleasant Roundup, Day 51
The incident started on February 5. Results through March 26:
- Scope: Lake Pleasant HMA
- Target: Burros
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait
- Goals: Gather 400, remove 400
- Captured: 183, up from 144 on Day 22
- Shipped: 180, up from 93 on Day 22
- Released: None
- Deaths: 3, no change from Day 22
- Average daily take: 3.6
- Unaccounted-for animals: 0
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
No activity was reported between February 28 and March 25.
The death rate is 1.6%.
The capture total includes 78 jacks, 80 jennies and 25 foals.
Youngsters represented 13.7% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female.
The HA and HMA are the same size. The area is subject to permitted grazing.
- Forage liberated to date: 1,098 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 915 gallons per day
There are no plans to treat any of the jennies with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup targets animals that are damaging private property and creating a public safety hazard, purposes for which PZP was not authorized.
The incident supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Lake Pleasant Roundup, Day 22.
Socialist Media Update for March 2024
Traffic from Facebook and Twitter accounted for 2.2% of the total during the month, down considerably from the same period two years ago.
Western Horse Watchers offers much for the advocates to dislike, especially the truth, plus commentary from a conservative viewpoint.
RELATED: Socialist Media Update for February 2024.

If Keeney Creek Was Managed Principally for Wild Horses
The AML would be 598 and the stocking rate would be 10.1 animals per thousand public acres.
The allotment, located south of Harper, OR, offers 7,180 active AUMs on 59,439 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.
The bureaucrats and ranchers tell us that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
The advocates reinforce the narrative with their darting programs.
If it was an HMA, the AML would be 60 and 538 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.
Mustang Monday
At or near the Cibola-Trigo HMA with Mr.GruntyPants.




