Horses have the day off. At or near the Sinbad HMA with Tandin Chapman.
Author: Western Horse Watchers
Beneficiary of Virginia Range Darting Program Revealed
Trailcams have been picking up more cattle than horses in the last few months, mostly at night, but these images are unmistakable.
“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,” according to Tracy Wilson, ranching advocate and field marshal for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.
Currituck County Commissioners Should Study Assateague Island
If they are concerned about the sustainability of their herd, and the long-term effects of the Montana Solution, they should study the results on the Maryland side of Assateague Island, where the pesticide was applied for over twenty years.
Six years after the safe, proven and reversible darting program was shut off, the herd should have doubled in size, at least, but it has not grown according to data provided by the Assateague Island Alliance.
For years the advocates pointed to the island as a model of wild horse management, knowing exactly what would happen.
Now, they’re trying to ruin the herds on the Virginia Range and Salt River.
RELATED: Sustainability of Currituck Wild Horses Questioned.
Status of HR 9154?
A week has passed since the bill was introduced but the text has not been published.
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We’re Getting Rid of Bald Eagles with Pesticides?
The advocate with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses told the reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle that wild horses have the same status as bald eagles.
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Montgomery Pass Wild Horses Migrating Westward?
A report posted this morning by the San Francisco Chronicle indicates they’re taking up residence near Mono Lake, noting that in other western states, the herds have toppled pristine lands, commandeered forage for livestock and pose hazards to humans.
The story is no different here.
Their origin is thought to be the Montgomery Pass WHT/HMA.
The Western Watersheds map shows the arrangement.
The photos show few if any foals.
The bad news is that advocates with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses are already eyeing the animals.
A representative stated “They have the same status as the bald eagle. The fact that we would round them up with helicopters is just inhumane.”
The implication, of course, is that they’re ready to sink their claws into the herd and ruin it with the Montana Solution.
Foal-Free Friday, Fitting the Herds to the Resources Edition
In the September 15 story by KUNR Radio about the Virginia Range darting program, Tracy Wilson, Nevada State Director for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, told the reporter that “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 reflects their defeatist mentality and desire to please the bureaucrats and ranchers at the expense of America’s wild horses.
What if the government assigns 84% of their food on public lands to privately owned livestock?
“You need to manage the numbers to fit what’s available for the horses.”
They are failures and frauds. Don’t give them a penny.
RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Safe, Proven and Reversible Edition.
Sustainability of Currituck Wild Horses Questioned
The topic was discussed at the September 19 meeting of the county commissioners according to a report posted today by The Coastland Times.
One of the commissioners claimed that only six mares were fertile but the herd manager stated in a subsequent interview that 19 out of 53 mares (36%) were producing.
The percentages of males and females in the herd were not given.
The story indicated that a contraceptive process several years ago—sorry, a safe, proven and reversible fertility control program—ended up making several mares sterile.
The article also indicated that the filly put down by the advocates last month contracted swamp cancer.
RELATED: Currituck Filly Dies.
Report Stresses Observation of Roundups, Not Cessation
We’re not going to push back against the public-lands ranchers, and we don’t care if they receive the lion’s share of the resources, we just want the horses treated humanely as they’re forced off their lawful homes and into government feedlots.
How does that help America’s wild horses?
The news release on EIN shows that you can develop a large following, and hold your audience spellbound, teaching them everything that is wrong.
Roadmap for Saving the Alpine Wild Horses?
Advocates with the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group, an afffiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, laid out a plan on April 5. Here’s what they need:
- A legal fund, our attorney costs $450 per hour and if it comes to litigation, it would cost over $50,000
- A travel fund for our seasoned volunteers to help set up the local group and document all of the horses
- A software fund for our app that logs and organizes the different bands which is used by the field team
- A PZP program fund, the startup costs are $25,000 (dart guns, PZP, and certification of volunteers)
The fifth step, of course, is pumping the poison into the mares for four of five years until they become sterile.
“We’re protecting them from removal by getting rid of them with PZP.”
A snippet from their page on socialist media (sidebar on the right) indicates the number of dead horses has increased to 20, with more than 30 missing.
Sounds like they’ve already accomplished steps 2 and 3.
RELATED: Alpine Shooters Taking Business from Wild Horse Advocates?
A Plan for Restoring Wild Horses and Burros and Their Habitats
Refer to this column by Craig Downer in The Nevada Independent.
A parallel path would include restoring the WHB Act to its original form.
Can’t Judge Wild Horse Articles by Their Covers?
But you can probably discard them on the basis of their titles.
Consider this search result on Bing regarding the shooting of wild horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Alpine, AZ. The link pointed to a report in The News & Observer of Raleigh, NC.
Take a guess: Were any advocates interviewed for the story? Will it give you an accurate picture of what’s happening on America’s public lands?
RELATED: Alpine Shooters Taking Business from Wild Horse Advocates?
Alpine Shooters Taking Business from Wild Horse Advocates?
Earlier this year, advocates with the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group, an affiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, offered to facilitate the removal of the Jumping Mouse horses near Alpine, while reducing the size of remaining herd with the Montana Solution.
They were rebuffed by the Forest Service.
Now, others are getting rid of the horses, not with darting rifles, but with real rifles, and they don’t like it.
Getting rid of wild horses is their job.
They have a better way. They intend to be leaders in the wild horse removal business and they don’t want any competition.
RELATED: Advocates Offer $25,000 Reward in Alpine Wild Horse Shootings.
Alpine Shooters Knew What They Were Doing?
The advocates reported that the horses were shot in the abdomen, face and between the eyes, according to the story by KPHO News.
Shots to the abdomen may have occurred from longer range, to make the animals approachable, with kill shots applied at short distance.
Where do you find expertise in killing wild horses by gunshot? At wild horse roundups, where it is often associated with pre-existing conditions.
The method was sanctioned by PIM 2021-007, Euthanasia of Wild Horses and Burros Related to Acts of Mercy, Health or Safety.
From paragraph VI.2 in Attachment 1:
A properly placed gunshot to the brain of an animal that is calm and still, or humanely restrained, instantly produces an unconscious state followed quickly by a painless and humane death. This method of euthanizing wild horses and burros requires only minimal handling and restraint; and when performed on the range, drug residues that may poison wildlife are not a concern. Only qualified and experienced persons skilled in the safe handling and use of firearms and trained by a veterinarian will perform the procedure. The optimal placement of a gunshot is from the front of the animal, perpendicular to the skull at a point one inch above the intersection of two imaginary lines drawn like an “X” from the eyes to the base of the ears. Typically, when euthanizing a wild horse or burro in this manner with a handgun, the animal will be approached to within five-to-six feet and the gun will be held within a few inches or up to two-to-three feet from the animal.
This information is not limited to government contractors or the agencies that hire them. The image above was found at thinklikeahorse.org.
RELATED: Searching for Motives in Alpine Wild Horse Shootings.
Advocates Offer $25,000 Reward in Alpine Wild Horse Shootings
The Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group and the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses have pledged $20,000 for the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible, with an additional $5,000 contributed by Animal Wellness Action, according to a report by The Arizona Republic.
All three groups are PZP fanatics, eager to get rid of wild horses with the Montana Solution.
They did not say what law or laws have been violated.
The number of deceased horses has risen to 15, with 20 still missing and presumed dead, according to volunteers with SRWHDG.
RELATED: Searching for Motives in Alpine Wild Horse Shootings.
Mustang Monday
At the Ozark National Scenic Riverways with Tim Layton.
Searching for Motives in Alpine Wild Horse Shootings
The story by FOX10 News in Phoenix indicated that the dead animals were found near Forest Road 25 in the Alpine and Springerville Ranger Districts.
The Western Watersheds map shows Road #25 in the PS Allotment, about 15 miles southwest of Alpine and near the area where the Jumping Mouse horses were trapped earlier this year.
The area is not just known for its grazing potential, but is home to some of the best elk and mule deer habitat in Arizona.
The Annual Operating Instructions for PS indicate two pastures, with grazing seasons ending in just a few days.
Pokegama Legal Action to Be Tossed Out?
The case, brought by the Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic on behalf of Wild Horse Fire Brigade, seeks to halt the removal of wild horses from private property within and adjacent to the HMA in southern Oregon, according to a news release dated October 8.
Plaintiffs allege that the BLM has violated the WHB Act and/or NEPA and have asked the Court to issue a temporary restraining order stopping the roundup.
The incident started on September 26. To date, three horses have been captured.
If free-roaming horses or burros stray from public lands onto privately owned land, the owners of such land may inform the nearest Federal marshall or agent of the Secretary, who shall arrange to have the animals removed, per §1334 of 16 USC 30.
The BLM issued a CX and DR for the action two years ago. The map on page 5 of the pdf shows much of the land inside the HMA is privately owned.
Is Oregon a fence-out state?
The CX was the only document posted to the project folder in ePlanning.
The aim of the Wild Horse Fire Brigade is to move wild horses from areas where they’re not wanted (by public-lands ranchers) to remote wilderness areas not particularly suited to livestock grazing.
“Horses are significantly more ecologically appropriate in wilderness areas over ruminant livestock like cattle, sheep, and goats,” according to its founder.
Achievement of that end would constitute victory for the ranchers in their long-held goal of purging wild horses from western rangelands.
Advocates Outraged by Alpine Wild Horse Shootings?
Fourteen horses have been found dead so far, according to a story posted this evening by KPHO News of Phoenix.
Simone Netherlands, ringleader of the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group, told the reporter that the “atrocity shows … just how much hate there is for these horses.”
Speaking of hate, Western Horse Watchers estimates that the group, an affiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, gets rid of about 80 wild horses every year at the Salt River.
Their colleagues on the Virginia Range are getting rid of an estimated 400 to 600 wild horses every year with the Montana Solution.
Who’s the greater threat to America’s wild horses? Shooters or the advocates?
RELATED: Forest Service Acknowledges Alpine Wild Horse Shooting?
How to Tell if an Idea Is Good for America’s Wild Horses
If the advocates endorse it, it’s bad.
For example, the Animal Welfare Institute, in cooperation with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, claims that HR 9154, which would amend the WHB Act, represents a long overdue upgrade to the law so that wild equines can be managed humanely in their natural habitats for Americans to enjoy.
This, of course, means “get rid of them with the Montana Solution” so ranchers can be the primary consumers of resources in their lawful homes.
- Barren mares
- Confused stallions
- Shrinking herds
- Injuries and infections
- Abnormal sex ratios
- Massive human involvement
- Subordination to livestock
The advocates were defeated a long time ago.
Today, they carry water for the bureaucrats and ranchers.
They treat their cherished horses and burros—sorry, they may be switching to beloved, as seen in the article by the Las Vegas Review-Journal—the way you treat your beloved ants and roaches.
RELATED: Lawmakers Draft Another Stupid Bill for Wild Horses.
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