Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
The news release rolled out on the same day that the comment period for the grazing rule update closed.
The new rules would prohibit wild horse preserves on public lands.
The campaign, which starts on July 23, includes in-person and online adoption events.
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The total climbed to 83 on July 10, up from 73 on June 21.
Last year’s record was 103.
Thunderbolt was the top producer, credited with eight foals.
There was a three-way tie for second place and a four-way tie for third.
Colts led fillies 43 to 39 with one undetermined.
Refer to this spreadsheet for a ranking of sires.
The herd has been engineered for maximum production and revenues, despite a limit of 150 horses in the refuge.
The pony swim will occur on July 29 according to the guide, followed by the auction on July 30.
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The incident started on July 10. Results through July 12:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Helicopters did not fly on Day 2.
Two horses died unintentionally the same day.
The death rate is 0.6%.
The capture total includes 228 stallions, 229 mares and 85 foals.
Youngsters represented 15.7% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female.
Body condition scores were not given on Day 3.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The name of the contractor was not specified.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
The project area covers 1,145,515 acres.
PREVIOUS: Callaghan Roundup in Progress.
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Ranchers, with the cooperation of your faithful public servants, want to control how grazing allotments are used.
Permits would be limited to animals they like, such as cattle and sheep.
Grazing would no longer be authorized for undesirable species such as bison and horses, precluding the use of public lands for wild animal preserves.
It’s anti-competitive, a barrier to those who would lawfully acquire base properties and petition the government for changes in livestock types and seasons of use.
It’s also the middle finger to those who bear the costs of off-range holding.
You can comment against the proposal at the Federal Register.
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At the southwest corner of the Virginia Range, documenting the mass sterilization program, with Art.
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Q. Did the helicopters sterilize any mares?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Was genetic diversity compromised?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Did the incident reduce the breeding population to an unsustainable level?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Did the roundup attract women?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Will the herd collapse?
A. No, fertility control programs do that.
Q. Are you surprised that the advocates push for the greater of two evils?
A. No, they want the ranchers to win.
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In the following video one of the founding members of the Pesticide Caucus complains about motorized removal at the Callaghan Complex, which she describes as costly and inhumane, and the benefits of immunocontraceptives.
The capture and removal goals are 2,000 according to the gather page, not 5,000, and there are no plans to treat any of the mares with such pesticides and return them to the range, much to her chagrin.
Remember, “humane management,” “protecting them from removal” and “a better way” are codewords for long-term use of PZP, with the inevitable result of permanent infertility and herd collapse.
Refer to the AdvocateSpeak decoder for more examples.
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Of course it is! It’s the government throwing a lifeline to high-net-worth individuals whose livelihood is threatened by pests that are robbing forage from the most noble and deserving nonnative species on Nevada’s public lands.
The Day 1 results at the gather page give body condition scores of 3 to 5, discrediting the starvation hypothesis, at least for now.
Animals removed from their lawful homes will be placed in off-range holding at a cost of $6 per head per day, while the government collects about five cents per head per day for livestock grazing in their stead.
Makes perfect sense.
Pay no attention to the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its army of nitwits, they are public enemy #1 of America’s wild horses.
PREVIOUS: Callaghan Roundup in Progress.
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The final day (for aerial operations) was July 10 according to the Inyo horse page, with 461 horses captured and three dead.
All deaths were intentional.
Some horses may still be on site awaiting shipment.
Foals represented 18% of the animals captured, too small to support a herd growth rate of 20% per year.
Of the adults, 50% were male and 50% were female.
The incident liberated 5,532 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.
PREVIOUS: Montgomery Pass Roundup in Progress.
UPDATE: A July 16 news release says it’s complete but does not give any information on horses shipped or released and does not acknowledge that the gather area included numerous grazing allotments.
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The incident started yesterday as planned with 329 horses captured, none shipped, none released and one dead.
PREVIOUS: Callaghan Roundup Closed to Public Observation?
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The ranch covers 44,311 total acres, including 9,006 deeded acres, according to the listing.
The nearest towns are Slater, Craig and Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Most of the public acreage is in the Roaring Fork and Stewardship allotments of the Routt National Forest.
One is in Colorado and the other is in Wyoming.
The ranch also has preference on three BLM allotments.
Overall, the land ratio is good, 3.8 public acres per deeded acre.
The ranch does not overlap areas identified for wild horses.
Management as a wild horse preserve might be difficult because the allotments are not contiguous and multiple government agencies are involved.
Allotment conversion is not illegal, but your faithful public servants are trying to make it so—at least on BLM lands— by changing the Part 4100 grazing regulations.
You can comment against the proposal through July 13.
RELATED: Key Indicators for New Wild Horse Preserves.
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Exhibit A:
They’re obsessed with pesticides.
They’re as ruthless as the helicopter pilots and wranglers.
They hate foals.
They hate families.
They hate nature’s way.
The Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group is a forward base of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses in Arizona.
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A July 10 press release by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses says the incident is expected to become the largest wild horse removal effort in Nevada history, which is not true.
The mass sterilization program on the Virginia Range, targeting over 3,000 wild horses, is the largest removal effort in the state, and it’s inflicted by the writers of the news release.
As usual, the charlatans call for effective management strategies grounded in science, transparency and humane stewardship, codewords for long-term use of PZP, with the inevitable result of permanent infertility and herd collapse.
One of their dupes, who stars in the Yellowstone spinoff Marshals, said “This isn’t about population control.”
Yes it is.
They are pesticide salesmen, not conservationists, and don’t deserve a penny of your support.
PREVIOUS: Callaghan Roundup Closed to Public Observation?
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The successor to the Wild Horse Working Group, disbanded in 2025, will meet online according to the news release.
No agenda was provided.
Creation of a wild horse preserve, suggested by the original group, will be impossible on public lands if the grazing rule update goes through.
Why aren’t the advocates talking about that?
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Princesses might be more accurate.
The advocates want you to think they’re the good guys.
If you’re a hunter or rancher, they are the good guys.
The rest of us know them as phonies, enemies of the horses, not worthy of our support.
Beware of the wild horse advocates. They’re not who they say they are.
PREVIOUS: Foal-Free Friday, Ending the Lull Edition.
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Today a U.S. District Judge granted a preliminary injunction barring federal agencies from classifying the horses as unauthorized livestock and preventing them from capturing and removing them according to a report by Courthouse News Service.
The order applies to all horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests not just the Heber WHT.
Last month ASNF solicited input on low-stress removal of up to 2,000 wild horses.
RELATED: Would Mass Sterilization Qualify as Low-Stress Removal?
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Families were roaming the sage, foals were discovering the world and mares were carrying the next generation.
Oh the humanity!
Do you know who wrote this crap?
The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal and instigator of the largest attempted eradication of wild horses in Nevada.
They hate foals.
They’re sterilizing the mares with PZP.
The only problem they have with Montgomery Pass is that the horses are being removed with helicopters not ovary-killing pesticides.
RELATED: Montgomery Pass Roundup in Progress.
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The incident started yesterday as planned according to the Inyo wild horse page, with 219 animals captured and no deaths.
PREVIOUS: Courts Say Montgomery Pass Roundup Can Proceed.
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Yesterday judges in Sacramento denied two requests to halt the incident according to a report by Courthouse News Service.
Another judge granted a request to halt the removal of wild horses at Carter Reservoir, Buckhorn and Coppersmith, scheduled to begin on September 1.
PREVIOUS: Tribe Attempts to Block Montgomery Pass Roundup.
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The incident will begin on or about July 20 according to the news release.
The capture and removal goals are 700 each.
The current population is thought to be 809.
A helicopter will push the horses into the traps.
Operations will not be open to public observation with the exception of those escorted by BLM staff.
Animals not put down in the field will be taken to the off-range corrals in Palomino Valley.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: BLM Curtailing Access to Lahontan Roundup.
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