Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
Some reports, such as this one from KOLO News, say the size has been trimmed to approximately 4,700 acres but InciWeb still says 6,500.
One way to tell if videos of running horses were filmed near the Virginia Range is the absence of youngsters, thanks to the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its army of nitwits.
RELATED: Davis Fire Jumps I-580, Grows to 6,500 Acres.
The map at Nevada Fire Info tells the story.
Incident command transitioning tomorrow according to InciWeb.
RELATED: Where Is the Davis Fire?
The map at Nevada Fire Info shows the fire has spread to the north-northeast on the west side of I-580.
The National Data Viewer shows land ownership. Click on image to open in new tab.
RELATED: Davis Fire Now on InciWeb.
The site initiated coverage last night.
A report by Carson Now indicates wild horses moving near Geiger Grade, the main road from south Reno up to the Highlands.
Your host received another email from NV Energy saying that power had been restored, hopefully to the entire area.
The fire is burning on the west side of I-580 near the intersection of Highway 431.
The 8:53 PM update by KTVN News says the Virginia City Highlands, an area in the hills to the east frequented by the horses, is under an evacuation warning, probably due to the risk of secondary fires caused by wind-driven embers.
Your host received an email this evening stating that NV Energy, a white-flag company, has de-energized the circuit that serves the area.
There is no public water supply up there. Everybody is on a well.
If you don’t have backup power, good luck protecting your property.
They’re poisoning the mares with PZP and praying for the older horses to die.
They’re skewing the sex ratios in favor of females.
They’re inflicting injuries and infections.
They’re driving the breeding populations into the single digits.
They don’t care about genetic diversity.
They want the ranchers to win.
Yet they write columns and opinion pieces painting themselves as disciples of Velma.
Consider the article starting on page 15 of the August edition of Horse Tales.
It was written by a trained PZP darter and close supporter of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal.
The column ends with a remark about wild horses being mistreated and removed from their homes by the very people put in place to protect them.
Is she talking about the BLM or herself and fellow travelers?
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Despite assurances by Jay Kirkpatrick that PZP would only be used to slow population growth, the advocates have ignored his warnings about long-term use are now using the pesticide beyond its five-year limit.
How long will they be satisfied with near-zero birth rates?
Attrition is a slow process and the bureaucrats and ranchers want quick results, the domain of motorized removal.
The announcement earlier this week of the Little Book Cliffs roundup echoed their frustration: “Fertility treatment alone cannot reduce wild horse herd populations.”
Why do they want small herds?
Because the horses consume forage that belongs to the ranchers.
Public lands are not managed for the benefit of the American people as specified in FLPMA, but for a select few.
Unabashed, the advocates are now actively helping the bureaucrats realize their goal of ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses, sometimes referred to as achieving and maintaining AMLs.
With few if any new foals hitting the ground, the average age of the herds is increasing, along with the death rate. But that’s not good enough.
The accidental poisoning last month of dozens of rodeo horses indicates there are other ways to achieve the desired results.
An August 30 report by Tri-State Livestock News noted that less than one half a gram of monensin can be fatal to a horse.
In their desire to win the approval of the bureaucrats and ranchers and dominate the removal industry, how long before the advocates experiment with substances that hasten death?
Liberals are on the forefront of society’s downward spiral and most wild horse advocates are liberals.
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The city council voted unanimously this week in favor of a resolution urging the Park Service to preserve the wild horses in the park, according to a story by KX News.
Although the agency cancelled the Livestock Plan earlier this year, there are still some concerns that it wants the horses removed.
The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal, reported today that 141 mares received 141 doses of PZP during the month, 27 given as primers and 114 as boosters.
Over the life of the program, which began in 2019, the advocates have pumped 9,767 doses of the pesticide into 2,058 mares, for an average of 4.7 doses per mare.
Since the beginning of the year, 154 foals have been born and 44 died.
The current population is thought to be 3,515, with 302 horses listed as missing, compared to 3,548 with 311 horses listed as missing in July.
The population was 3,521 with 302 horses listed as missing in June and 3,502 with 310 horses listed as missing in May.
The loss of 24 wild horses in the Sunny Hills fiasco was not discussed.
The Year 6 agreement with NDA has not been posted to the darting resources page.
The Year 5 summary has not been posted to the monthly reports page.
A goal for September is to maximize booster treatments so the herd will continue to shrink and to complete the training of newly certified darters.
Not discussed in the August update:
The report will be submitted to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.
RELATED: Virginia Range Darting Update for July 2024.
They want you to pay for their sterilization programs too.
These horses should be enjoying their freedom on the Virginia Range, trying to avoid the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its army of nitwits.
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The incident will begin on or about September 11 according to today’s news release.
The capture and removal goals are 130 and 100, respectively.
The pre-gather population is not known.
A helicopter will push the horses into the trap and operations will be open to public observation.
The HMA covers 36,100 total acres in western Colorado, including 35,178 public acres.
The 150 horses allowed by plan require 1,800 AUMs per year.
The stocking rate allowed by plan is 4.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Mares returned to the range will be treated with fertility control pesticides.
In a move that will likely anger the advocates, the news release said “Fertility treatment alone cannot reduce wild horse herd populations.”
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the off-range corrals in Cañon City.
The HMA is not subject to permitted grazing but surrounding lands are, denoted by green borders in the following map.
BLM allotments in the state support livestock equivalent to 49,546 wild horses on 7,448,367 public acres, or 6.7 wild horses per thousand public acres.
The incident concluded today with 109 horses captured, 106 shipped, none released and three dead.
There were no unaccounted-for animals.
The capture and removal goals were 100 each.
The death rate was 2.8%.
The average daily take was 21.8.
The capture total included 50 stallions, 40 mares and 19 foals.
Youngsters represented 17.4% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
There were no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range, a huge disappointment to the advocates.
The roundup liberated 1,308 AUMs per year, giving new hope to the permittees.
RELATED: Maverick-Medicine Emergency Roundup Announced.
UPDATE: The September 3 news release did not indicate if other animals, including privately owned livestock, were suffering from lack of water.
The ranch covers 23,665 total acres in southern Montana, including 13,800 deeded acres, according to the listing.
The description indicates it has preference on the Rancholme Allotment but the map suggests it also has access to Marosok.
The Allotment Master Report ties both parcels to the same permittee.
The land ratio is too low to make the property attractive from a wild horse viewpoint.
You must acquire 13,800 deeded acres to access 4,638 public acres, or approximately three deeded acres per public acre. You want it to be the other way around.
The idea is to buy small private parcels attached to larger public parcels.
Then convert the grazing preference to horses as American Prairie did for bison elsewhere in the state.
Western Horse Watchers proposes “Sunny Hills Connection,” a road that leads to failure, lies and cover-ups.
Places within the new subdivision should be named appropriately.
For example, Advocate Avenue, Buffoon Boulevard and Pesticide Park.
The first homes offered for sale would be on Better Way.
RELATED: Where Is Sunny Hills Ranchos?
In the August 28 edition: Four Mile, Sands Basin and Maverick-Medicine have been added to the emergency/nuisance section and Twin Peaks has been marked TBA.
A schedule for FY25, which begins on October 1, has not been posted to the gather and fertility control page.
RELATED: BLM Updates Roundup Schedule.
The incident started on August 29. Results through August 31:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The capture goal has been reached.
The total includes 45 stallions, 37 mares and 19 foals.
Youngsters represented 18.8% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
There are no plans to treat any of mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
RELATED: Maverick-Medicine Emergency Roundup Begins.
Preliminary tests indicate that a shipment of feed to the Beutler & Son ranch contained monensin, an additive used in the beef and dairy industries, according to a report by KOCO News of Oklahoma City.
The substance is toxic to horses.
In a statement on socialist media, the manufacturer confirmed that it was an isolated case, likely due to a faulty cleanout procedure and sensor malfunction.
The remarks suggest that the feed came from a batch plant, where the same equipment is used for multiple products.
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