Triple B Roundup in Progress

The incident started on November 2, one day later than scheduled, with 81 horses captured, none shipped, none released and one death.

RELATED: Triple B Roundup Announced.

What’s Next for Sands Basin, Four Mile Wild Horses?

They’re not going back on the range anytime soon according to the following report by KIVI News.

Now that they’re off the range, your faithful public servants are taking the opportunity to treat the mares with GonaCon Equine.

Some horses will be held back for adoption.

You wouldn’t want the poor ranchers to suffer, right?

The reporter did not indicate if two doses would be given 30 days apart, typical for the BLM, which would constitute unlawful use of the pesticide.

Starting a Nonprofit That Actually Helps Wild Horses

Where would you get ideas for your business model?

Forget about the advocates. They’re obsessed with pesticides and HMAPs. They want the ranchers to win.

Sanctuaries help the bureaucrats move wild horses off the range. They represent victory for the ranchers and failure for the horses.

Adoption and training free-up space in the off-range corrals so more wild horses can be removed from their lawful homes. Another dead end.

Mustang Monument provides a few hints.

The project would end permitted grazing on the Spruce Allotment. This is good, put it on the list of desired characteristics.

The land ratio is excellent, 14,000 deeded acres provide access to over 500,000 public acres. Another item for the list.

Three HMAs were threatened. Spruce-Pequop would probably be lost. Unacceptable.

The new herd would consist of 900 nonreproducing animals. Unacceptable if you’re trying to preserve the bloodlines for future generations.

American Prairie purchases base properties tied to public lands to achieve their conservation goals, a technique they call “leverage.”

The aim of the new nonprofit would be to displace privately owned cattle and sheep from America’s public lands by acquiring deeded acreage associated therewith and flipping the grazing preference to wild horses (or burros).

Highly leveraged properties, with land ratios of ten or more public acres for every private acre, are most desirable.

They should not overlap areas identified for wild horses and burros.

With the ranchers out of the picture, other techniques, such as the reintroduction of predators and self-managing herds, can be considered to promote genetic diversity while keeping the breeding populations in balance with their environment.

Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 5

The incident started on October 28. Results through November 1:

Location: Devil’s Garden Plateau WHT
AML: 402
Pre-gather population: Between 651 and 998
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter and bait
Goals: Capture 500, remove 500
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Captured: 73
Shipped: Unknown
Released: Unknown
Deaths: None
Average daily take: 14.6
Unaccounted-for animals: Unknown

There is no breakdown of capture total.

The percentage of foals cannot be determined.

The ratio of males to females is unknown.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

Body conditions scores have been averaging 5, an indication that the horses are not starving and the herd has not exceeded the ability of the land to sustain it.

The roundup will achieve a thriving ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands, codewords for ranching superiority in the lawful home of wild horses.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 3.

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