New Colt Slips Through Salt River Darting Program

The birth occurred in August but the advocates said nothing out respect for the horses, which they achieve by poisoning the mares with ovary-killing pesticides.

Now, they’re praying for a predator to fix the mistake, as they did for Mirabelle.

The article said his mom has been darted five times but did not say if that was a primer plus four boosters and if the injections had been given in consecutive years.

The threshold for sterility is usually taken as five consecutive years (primer plus five boosters).

Such animals are said to be “self-boosting,” a term in common use among the advocates.

What about the other mares that have been darted five times?  A herd of 400 plus should be producing more than two foals per year!

Truth is, the breeding population is nearly zero, thanks to Simone Netherlands and her band of merrymen.  Here she is in fine form, showing off her bona fides to other like-minded individuals:

Simone Neterlands with Darting Rifle 09-02-23

The writer did not dispute that PZP is a restricted-use pesticide.

You only need to look at the herd on Assateague Island to see where this is going.

There is no way these phony voices for wild horses can achieve the population reduction targets given to them by Arizona bureaucrats without sterilizing the mares.

The darting program skews the sex ratio in favor of females, exactly what they don’t want and don’t need.

They know this and they are pushing ahead full speed.

The same thing is happening on the Virginia Range, where their parent organization, the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, leads the effort.

RELATED: If You Repeat a Lie Long Enough, People Will Believe It.

Trends in Assateague Population 04-27-23

If You Repeat a Lie Long Enough, People Will Believe It

Overpopulation is the analog of climate change in the wild horse world.

Both are lies.

Suzanne Roy, feckless leader of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, beats the fertility control drum in today’s edition of The Colorado Sun, claiming that the best way to protect wild horses is through fertility control.

If you still think she’s playing with a full deck, watch her May 16 testimony before the Nevada State Assembly regarding SB90.

The piece was probably drafted by her subordinates.

Let Us Fix Your Wild Horse Problem 02-18-23

Poisoning mares with ovary-killing pesticides protects other users of public lands, such as hunters and ranchers, not wild horses.

Roy and her followers are getting rid of them!  The latest assault is on the Cedar Mountain herd in Utah, with the blessing and financial support of the Bureau of Livestock Multiplication.

At the Virginia Range, site of their flagship darting program, which Roy describes as the world’s largest, these zealots are running the herd into the ground.  Go to the Year 4 Report submitted to the NDA.  If you can’t access the document, click here.

Virginia Range Population in Decline 09-02-23

You know about herd management areas but are you aware of herd treatment areas?

That’s their glorious vision for America’s wild horses: To convert HMAs to HTAs!

Thumbs down for helicopters, thumbs up for pesticides.

As for the other users of public lands, the same report indicates Roy sent her henchmen to the 2022 FREES conference to sell the idea of nonmotorized removal to the ranchers and ranching sympathizers.

CAAWH Attends FREES Conference 09-02-23

The Nevada State Director is Tracy “You need to manage the numbers to fit what’s available for the horses” Wilson, champion of habitat loss and livestock encroachment.

These people, who claim to be voices for the horses, are frauds, no getting around it.

RELATED: Choosing Your Words Carefully.

Pesticide Pushers 07-17-23

New Pest Control Plan for Alamo, Lake Havasu, Big Sandy Burros?

A new project was opened in ePlanning yesterday but no documents were posted.

Three HMAs are affected.

The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and livestock encroachment.

Tracy Wilson, defeatist, pesticide pusher and ranching sympathizer with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal, said of a similar problem on the Virginia Range “As you start reducing the amount of available space and forage, then you need to manage the numbers to fit what’s available for the horses.”

The statement, and its underlying beliefs, easily translate to wild burros.

Big Sandy Alamo Lake Havasu HMAs with Allotments 09-01-23

Foal-Free Friday, Removal by Pesticides Edition

A goal for August in the July report for the Virginia Range darting program is to continue to maximize booster treatments to mares to prevent pregnancies, allowing for continued population reduction.  Click here if you can’t access the document.

You need not know how to convert an AML to AUMs or how to compute a forage allocation for livestock in an area set aside for wild horses.

You need to know how much adjuvant to add to the PZP!  (Remember, you’re not pushing back against the ranchers, you’re trying to help them.)

Preparing the Poison 08-29-23

Got that?

The advocates believe wild horse and burro populations should be reduced with ovary-killing pesticides, not motorized equipment.

They’ve allowed themselves to be manipulated by the bureaucrats and ranchers, earning them the title of Useful Idiots.

RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, “Stay Barren” Edition.

Working with NGOs 08-28-23

On the Eve of the West Douglas Roundup

How can the HA be overpopulated with 122 wild horses when the BLM authorizes privately owned livestock equivalent to 832 wild horses in the same area?

Why not confine the ranchers to their base properties in a year-round off season and shift the resources back to the horses?

Or would it be better to get rid of them with ovary-killing pesticides as the advocates recommend?

RELATED: What’s Wrong in this Picture?

Pesticide Patrol 08-16-23

Owyhee Roundups Announced

The incident will begin on September 6 according to yesterday’s news release.

Three HMAs in western Idaho are affected.

The capture goal is 220 and the removal goal is 142.

Up to 38 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, and be returned to the area with up to 40 stallions.

Helicopters will push the horses into the traps and operations will be open to limited public observation.  (For a discussion of observation difficulties, watch this video.)

Captured animals will be taken to the off-range corrals in Boise.

Gather stats and daily reports should be posted to the Idaho gather page but as of this morning a link has not been added.

The Owyhee HMAs are managed primarily for animal agriculture, denoted by green in the following map, the #1 driver of wild horse removals.

Drilling and mining affect anywhere from a few acres to a few thousand acres while permitted grazing devours entire HMAs and beyond.

RELATED: Owyhee Decision Published.

Owyhee HAs and HMAs with Allotments 07-23-23

BLM to Remove All Remaining Horses from West Douglas HA

It’s not managed for wild horses due to limited food and water, according to a news release dated August 28, but it’s overlapped by an allotment that offers 82.2 AUMs per year per thousand public acres, equivalent to 6.8 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The HA, listed as West Douglas Creek in the 2023 HA/HMA Report, covers 127,649 total acres, including 122,909 public acres in western Colorado.

The AML is zero.

Most of the horses were removed in a 2021 roundup.

Roughly one out of three died the following year in off-range holding.

Now, they’re coming for the remnant.

The incident, set to begin on September 1, will be carried out with helicopters and will be open to public observation.

It is on the July 13 schedule.

The current population is thought to be 122 according to the gather page.

Captured animals will be taken to the Cañon City off-range corrals, site of the 2022 virus outbreak that proved fatal only to West Douglas horses.

RELATED: How Many Wild Horses Can the West Douglas HA Support?

West Douglas HA with Allotments 08-28-23

Pariahs in their Lawful Homes

There are no voices for the horses in this story by The Nevada Independent about the Antelope-North roundup, not even the advocates.

Livestock in the Antelope Complex (North + South) receive over seven times more forage than the horses.

That resource would support over 6,000 horses, on top of the 789 allowed by plan.

You don’t have a wild horse problem, you have a resource management problem.

Areas identified for wild horses are managed primarily for cattle and sheep.

Overpopulation means they’re trying to reclaim some of their food from the poor ranchers.

Their punishment is to waste away in feedlots, the domain of animal agriculture.

RELATED: Antelope Roundup North Over.

CAAWH Publishes Virginia Range Darting Resources

Your host is not sure if the materials were intended for public consumption but the page is working as of this morning.

Links in the following comments include local versions in case the site goes dark.

Of immediate interest is the current agreement [local] between NDA and CAAWH which includes a stipulation for reductions in herd size over the 12-month period, contradicting a goal in the Darting SOP [local] about stabilizing population growth.

Progress reports, monthly and yearly, were posted to a separate page.

The Year 4 Report [local], covering 2022-2023, indicates 1,225 mares received 1,691 doses of PZP, a restricted-use pesticide.

One hundred and forty two foals were born during the period, with two removed and 41 deceased or missing and presumed dead.

With the reduction in birth rates, coupled with the activity of predators, many herd treatment areas experienced a population decline.

VR Reduction in Birth Rates 08-26-23

With a population of 3,507 confirmed living horses, the birth rate is four percent, too low to sustain the current herd.  It is declining as the bureaucrats desire.

A list of approved properties for darting [local] was also provided.

Curiously, the page has a list of training materials, including a link to literature at the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception with password!

Training Materials 08-26-23

The final link to The Pinto Post, a monthly newsletter that covers the incredible work of the many wild horse organizations in the area, is not correct but you can reach it here.

RELATED: What’s So Important about the Virginia Range?

Choosing Your Words Carefully

If you’re a nonprofit, which statement will bring in more donations?

1. We’re protecting these innocent animals with immunocontraceptive vaccines.

2. We’re poisoning the mares with restricted-use pesticides.

The first statement will likely fool more donors, while statement #2 is the truth.

If you’d like to see how the advocates market their poisons in western Nevada, including the Virginia Range, go to Wild Nevada.

For Your Innocent Ants and Roaches 10-23-22

Dust-Up in the Desert Set for September 7

A debate between Scott Beckstead, director of campaigns for Animal Wellness Action, and Nevada State Senator Ira Hansen will begin at 6:00 PM Pacific time at the Elko Convention Center, according to an EIN news release dated August 25.

Dust-Up in the Desert 08-25-23

The event can be viewed online.  Registration is required.

Hansen, a voice for rural areas in the state, led the opposition to SB90 earlier this year.

Beckstead disputes his claims, arguing that substandard conditions on Nevada public lands are caused by hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, not wild horses.

A video of the debate will be posted to the AWA YouTube channel.

Foal-Free Friday, “Stay Barren” Edition

The advocates wear “Stay Wild” caps to signal their support of the Montana Solution, not the welfare of wild horses.

Stay Wild Cap 04-22-22

They’re wiping out breeding populations and snuffing out new life with safe, proven and reversible darting programs, evident in the following video.

Another Salt River Darting Injury 08-24-23

The destruction in this case was caused by the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group, an affiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

Specializing in nonmotorized removal, they’re trying to take market share from the legacy contractors.

Both groups are desperate for the approval of the bureaucrats and ranchers.

RELATED: Foal-Free-Friday, Women for Pesticides Edition.