Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
The nonprofit is expanding its scope from the Virginia Range to all of Nevada’s wild horses and burros.
The news release did not include condemnation of the mass sterilization program inflicted on the Virginia Range herd by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.
Until that happens, don’t give them a penny.
You can’t make this stuff up!
The event begins at 4:00 PM on November 1 in Colorado Springs.
The announcement did not indicate if TCF staff would demonstrate their pesticide delivery equipment or discuss their contributions to wild horse sterilization.
Tickets range from $50 to $100.
Both allotments are in Wyoming.
Pumpkin Creek is southwest of Gillette and Goblin Gulch is northwest of Kemmerer.
The allotment master report puts Pumpkin Creek in the Improve category, suggesting that your stewards of the public lands are not taking their responsibilities seriously.
The report for Goblin Gulch says it’s in the Maintain category.
The Pumpkin Creek permittee receives 1,456 active AUMs on 13,235 public acres, equivalent to 121 wild horses or 9.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Your faithful public servants claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (25,600 animals on 25.6 million acres according to the last page of the 2025 population dataset).
The advocates bolster the narrative with their darting programs.
Goblin Gulch offers 287 active AUMs on 2,845 public acres, equivalent to 24 wild horses or 8.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.
If Pumpkin Creek was an HMA, the AML would be 13 and 108 wild horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
If Goblin Gulch was an HMA, the AML would be 3 and 21 wild horses would be shipped to off-range holding.
Both areas would be held to a small fraction of carrying capacity to accommodate high-net-worth individuals who pay almost nothing for the resources they consume, which explains why their wealth grows along with the burden laid on American taxpayers.
Don’t be fooled by politicians who tiptoe around this.
BLM allotments in Wyoming support livestock equivalent to 158,425 wild horses on 17,312,214 public acres, or 9.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Wild horses can be placed on public lands not identified for their use by acquiring base properties associated with grazing allotments and flipping the preference to horses.
RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.
Like radioactive decay, the advocates emit a steady stream of harmful information about wild horses.
Equating mass sterilization with wild horse conservation is one example.
Lying about rapid development is another.
Their followers don’t realize they’re being exposed to propaganda that promotes rancher prosperity, not equine welfare.
The only hope for these nitwits is to get them to Betty Ford clinics or similar institutions where they can be deprogrammed and educated in rational thought.
It’s about rancher prosperity.
The bill would authorize research to determine if unmanned aerial systems can be used to gather and manage wild horses and burros, including application of fertility control, according to the text.
If successful, the technology could advance mass sterilization as an alternative to motorized removal, a dream-come-true for the advocates.
No more bouncing over rough terrain in a 4WD and stalking the animals with clipboards and darting rifles.
Unlike the automatic darting machine developed by Wildlife Protection Management, which must be stocked with hay to attract the animals, drones can go on the offensive, taking the pesticides to them.
RELATED: Unmanned Aerial Systems for Wild Horse Roundups?
They rob too much forage from the most noble and deserving nonnative species on America’s public lands, placed there by high-net-worth individuals who pay almost nothing for the resource and the services rendered on their behalf by the government.
Put simply, they interfere with redistribution of wealth, a hallmark of liberalism.
(Don’t be fooled by politicians who try to market themselves as conservatives while defending the practice.)
With few exceptions, Appropriate Management Levels are artificially low and do not reflect genetic viability or carrying capacity.
They represent the number of horses allowed by plan, a limit the bureaucrats and ranchers are willing to tolerate.
Carrying capacity = Horses allowed by plan + Horses equivalent to livestock
The advocates reinforce the scam with their darting programs.
RELATED: Equivalent Horses and Stocking Rates for Allotments.
Contrary to his October 27 op-ed in The Blaze, the wild horse and burro program is a grazing program ancillary, supporting three tenets of rangeland management:
It’s not “a war on wildlife, propping up special interests while ranchers and communities bear the brunt of unbalanced ecosystems and federal overreach” as stated in the commentary.
Ranchers are the special interest.
Then there’s the unsubstantiated claim that horse meat derived from public lands re-enters U.S. markets illegally from Mexico and Canada as a diluent of ground beef.
And the misallocation of water.
The guy’s as ill-informed about wild horses as the wild horse advocates.
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HR 5829 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to support the use of unmanned aerial systems for the humane roundup and management of wild horses and burros.
As of today, the bill text has not been published.
Its affiliates page displays logos of trade groups representing meat and wool producers but none from the wild horse advocates.
Its policy statement acknowledges the support of some groups in developing the “Path Forward,” a 2019 plan for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses.
Since then other groups have stepped forward with projects that demonstrate the feasibility of mass sterilization as an alternative to motorized removal, notably at the Salt River and Virginia Range.
So why won’t PLC bring them on board and recognize their contributions to the ranching agenda?
A partners page would be a great way to do that.
RELATED: What Makes the Advocates Evil?
On the Virginia Range with Art, where the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses operates the world’s largest mass sterilization program.
The ranching advocacy group voiced its opposition in an October 22 news release.
The President’s plan to boost supply suggests that domestic cattle production is low but does not indicate why.
If producers were holding back to boost prices, the way OPEC does to raise the price of oil, the proposal would indeed be misguided.
They should be investigated for collusion and restraint of trade.
Curiously, the Public Lands Council, a subsidiary of NCBA and cheerleader for the public-lands ranchers, released no such statement.
What are the odds that its lobbyists are working the rooms in Washington to accelerate wild horse roundups in favor of cattle production?
The advocates, in the tank for the ranchers, are always ready to augment or supplant the removals with their mass sterilization programs.
When all you have is a darting rifle, everything else looks like a mare’s butt.
Stay barren!
RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Massive Human Involvement Edition.
The problem goes all the way back to Eve.
Nowhere is it more evident than in the wild horse world.
Refer to this opinion piece in Compact for a survey of the situation.
It is still controversial, even in conservative circles, to say that there are too many women in a given field or that women in large numbers can transform institutions beyond recognition in ways that make them cease to function well.
The Great Feminization
The southern herd had no fresh water for nearly two weeks according to a story by Shore Daily News.
High tides from Hurricane Erin and lack of rain are thought to be responsible for the contamination.
The northern herd was not affected.
The ponies are unique as stated in the article, not because of adaption to island life, but because of the highly abnormal sex ratio and unprecedented birth rate.
In August, after the pony swim but before the hurricane, the herd consisted of 23 males and 126 females.
The population limit is 150.
The saltwater cowboys have turned the wildlife refuge into a puppy mill for wild horses, raking in over $1 million from this year’s auction.
The BLM must pay $4.78 per head per day for the contract extension, according to a report by The Colorado Sun, up from $4.45.
That works out to about $143 per AUM.
The agency receives $1.35 from ranchers for every AUM on public lands liberated by removal of wild horses therefrom, an irrational and unsustainable practice.
The advocates would solve the problem by poisoning the mares with ovary-killing pesticides, leaving everything for the ranchers.
The article said that alfalfa hay is higher in nutrients and more expensive than grass hay or alfalfa-grass mix, which is contrary to experience.
In this area alfalfa usually costs a few dollars less per bale than grass or mix, which explains why it’s a mainstay of diets in off-range corrals.
Some horses cannot adapt to the feed, which is not found in their lawful homes.
RELATED: BLM Pulling Wild Horses and Burros from Cañon City Prison.
Despite testimony from veterinarians who said the facility is inhumane, a three-judge panel is likely to uphold a 2024 decision approving construction of the off-range corrals, according to a report by Courthouse News.
Plaintiffs were unable to demonstrate that the occurrence of sickness, injury or death was higher in Winnemucca than other such facilities.
An attorney for the government argued that plaintiffs’ claims pertained to stresses caused by the method of capture but the decision to build and operate the corrals did not depend on how the horses would get there.
RELATED: Court Rejects FOA’s Complaint Regarding Winnemucca Corrals.
They’re obsessed with pesticides.
They’re managing the herds to extinction.
They’re selling mass sterilization as wild horse conservation.
They want the horses to suffer and the ranchers to prosper.
Their followers ratify the destruction.
Is it because they’re female or because they’re liberals?
The allotment master report gives authorization #2700562 for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.
The authorization use report indicates 267 cattle on a 5.5-month grazing season.
How many horses would the resource support?
The livestock type and grazing season would change but not the AUMs.
AUMs for horses = AUMs for livestock
The grazing season would be 12 months.
Let x = number of horses.
12x = 5.5(267)
Solve for x.
x = 122
The permit would be written for 122 wild horses.
On the western side of the Virginia Range with Art.
Researchers at the University of Wyoming found that the animals can maintain good body condition across a variety of landscapes and different seasons according to an October 16 news release.
The study confirms previous research showing high dietary overlap of free-roaming horses and cattle.
Let’s put that finding into practice.
The Stewart Creek HMA lies within the Stewart Creek Allotment. Their borders coincide, more or less, except for the northeast corner.
The 175 horses allowed by plan receive 2,100 AUMs per year.
The permittees receive 8,267 AUMs per year, equivalent to 689 wild horses due to the interchangeability of forage.
Therefore, the land should be able to support 175 + 689 = 864 wild horses.
The herd is held to 20% of carrying capacity because the HMA is managed primarily for livestock.
Advocates with the Wyoming Wild Horse Improvement Partnership enforce the plan by beating the horse numbers down with ovary-killing pesticides.
RELATED: History of Consent Decree and Rock Springs RMP Amendments.
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