Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is investigating several reports of illness and death that may be linked to contaminated feed according to its news release.
Inspectors are collecting samples for analysis and testing.
Laub’s Feeding and Cubing has issued a voluntary recall of its product although this is not mentioned at its website.
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A story by INFORUM was placed behind a paywall but an announcement by the Standing Rock Tribe indicates that the transfer will happen on November 12.
The number of horses to be released was not given.
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A story by KOLO News says TI Ranches of Lamoille, NV ran 1,200 head of cattle in the late 1970s and early 1980s, before wild horse numbers increased, compared to 700 head today.
The article said the ranch includes a 224,000-acre BLM allotment, about 20,000 acres of private land and a Forest Service permit covering 30,000 to 40,000 acres.
The market value of the base property, an important factor in evaluating the financial status of a public-lands rancher, especially his net worth, was not given.
The operator information report at RAS tied the ranch to BLM authorization #2704021 in the Wells Field Office.
The allotment information report linked the authorization to the VALLEY MOUNTAIN and BIG MEADOWS allotments.
A search of the AOIs in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest tied the ranch to three allotments in the Mountain City, Ruby Mountains & Jarbidge Ranger District.
The ArcGIS Viewer showed no overlap between the Forest Service allotments and areas identified for wild horses.
The AOIs do not indicate rangeland health but suggest that the authorized use is less than the permitted use, which may account for the smaller herd or at least part of it.
Big Meadows is not inside an area identified for wild horses but that does not mean the horses avoid it.
Over half of the permitted use in the suspended column, according to the allotment master report, which may explain why it’s in the Maintain category and why the cattle numbers are smaller than they used to be.
Valley Mountain, overlapped by the Maverick-Medicine HMA, offers 4,532 active AUMs on 260,930 public acres, equivalent to 1.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.
It’s in the Improve category with 19% of the permitted use in the suspended column.
Although horses may be a factor in rangeland health, the equivalent stocking rate tells you that resources are scarce and the prospects for larger cattle herds are poor.
To the east is the Spruce allotment, which was to be repurposed as a wild horse preserve until ranchers got involved.
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The BLM news release said the proposed changes would update planning terminology, eliminate duplicate requirements and simplify parts of the process that have become unnecessarily burdensome.
The regulations would right-size Areas of Critical Environmental Concern so the agency can focus on protecting those resources, rather than on oversized buffer zones that are supposed to be managed for multiple use.
In other words, shrink the protected areas and increase AUMs so ranchers can enjoy more of what their allotments have to offer.
A virtual public meeting, providing more information about the proposed regulations, is planned for December 3.
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The project to isolate the horses from Washoe Lake is farther to the south.
Protection in this case means keeping the horses safe, not mass sterilization as used by the advocates.
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This video helps you understand why the advocates want the horse populations reduced with no possibility of recovery.
“[R]eforms must mandate comprehensive fertility management alongside every future gather and establish a clear timeline to phase out roundups altogether” according to their commentary in PJ Media.
No roundups means no growth.
How many mares must they sterilize to being the birth rate in line with the death rate?
What will be the effect on genetic diversity and long-term viability?
What’s to stop them from driving the birth rate to zero?
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The incident started on November 3. Results through November 5:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The capture total includes 25 stallions, 28 mares and 11 foals.
Youngsters represented 17.2% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities will be closed to the public for the duration of the roundup.
PREVIOUS: Swasey Roundup Begins.
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Introduced by Nancy Mace in 2025, HR 2864 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement fertility controls to manage populations of wild horses and burros, and to encourage training opportunities for veterans to assist in management activities.
The bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources but no action was taken.
Mace did not seek reelection this year in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district, choosing instead to run for governor, but did not get past the primary.
She will return to the private sector at the end of year.
The bill, if a sponsor can be found, will need to be resubmitted in the new Congress.
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The founding members were Dina Titus (NV-1), David Schweikert (AZ-1), Steve Cohen (TN-9), and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6) according to last year’s news release.
Titus won reelection.
Schweikert did not seek reelection.
Cohen retired.
Ciscomani was defeated.
The advocates will need new sponsors for their mass sterilization programs, which they peddle as humane management.
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The incident started on October 3 with 28 horses captured, 28 shipped, none released and no deaths.
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The incident started on October 25. Results through November 2:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Although the traps may have been activated a few days earlier, Day 1 is defined as October 25, when the first horses were caught.
The capture total includes 3 stallions, 17 mares and 4 foals.
No information was given about the three horses released on Day 6.
Youngsters represented 16.7% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 15% were male and 85% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
Up to 43 mares will be treated with fertility control and released, prolonging the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is not subject to permitted grazing but is adjacent to BLM and FS allotments.
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The new job posting has the same pay range and locations as the original.
The duties, associated with off-range holding facilities, are identical.
The conditions of employment are similar.
You need not be a defeatist and pesticide pusher like the advocates.
Applications are due by November 17.
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A start date was not given in the news release but the gather page says November 2.
The capture and removal goals are 140 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 247.
A helicopter will push them into the traps.
The contractor is Cattoor.
The contract amount is $397,025 but that covers 640 horses at Swasey and Cedar Mountain. Proration gives $86,849 for Swasey at a unit cost of $620.
Operations will be open to public observation on a limited basis.
The BLM will close public lands around the trap sites and holding pens.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Sutherland off-range corrals.
There are no plans to treat the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
Whenever you see statements about more wild horses on the land than it can sustain, you should be skeptical. In many cases the resources are there but your faithful public servants gave them to livestock.
PREVIOUS: BLM Closing Public Lands for Swasey Roundup.
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A new project has been opened in ePlanning and two documents have been uploaded.
Areas within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities will be closed to the public for the duration of the incident, with the exception of contractor personnel and observers escorted by BLM staff, according to the Decision Record.
The map of the closure areas was not provided.
PREVIOUS: Swasey and Cedar Mountain Roundups Go to Cattoor.
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At the North Complex roundup with Monica Ross.
No mares were sterilized in the making of this video. Recovery is expected.
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That’s because the dilution gene is creme, not cream.
Try running a search for the creme dilution gene.
Has all scientific integrity been lost?
Is AI a joke or what?
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A report by the Science and Conservation Center, a producer and distributor of PZP located on the grounds of ZooMontana, indicates that 93% of the doses shipped in 2025 were ordered for horses.
SCC’s partner organizations include many familiar names, some who participated in the 2026 pesticide roundtable.
A story by KTVQ News said the BLM has partnered with ZooMontana to implement PZP darting in the Pryor Mountain HMA.
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Eight horses were euthanized for blindness but only three are getting their attention.
They were dispatched on October 19 according to a story by Cowboy State Daily.
The condition is not life threatening.
They lived in the wild, survived the chase and didn’t crash into pipe panels breaking their necks.
So the real problem might be that they were deemed unadoptable and unworthy of transfer to off-range pastures, despite an offer by a sanctuary to take them.
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The incident concluded on October 29 with 1,035 horses captured, 1,018 shipped, none released and 17 dead.
There were no unaccounted-for animals.
The death rate was 1.6%. Sixteen deaths were intentional.
The capture total included 372 stallions, 435 mares and 228 foals.
Operations spanned 14 days and the average daily take was 73.9.
The roundup liberated 12,420 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.
That number will go down if some of the horses, treated with fertility control or not, are returned to the range.
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A new project has been opened in ePlanning and two documents have been uploaded.
Areas within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities will be closed to all public entry during the incident, with the exception of contractor personnel and observers escorted by BLM staff, according to the Decision Record.
The map on page 4 indicates that the entire HMA will be closed plus lands to the east and west.
The Swasey HMA, listed in the schedule with Cedar Mountain, was not mentioned.
That incident will begin a week earlier.
PREVIOUS: Swasey and Cedar Mountain Roundups Go to Cattoor.
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