2022 Roundup Season Resumes This Week

Helicopters have been grounded for a few months so the foals can grow and gain some strength before they’re taken off the range in favor of privately owned livestock.

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The advocates want the horses removed with the Montana Solution but they’ll tolerate the losses associated with helicopters if they lead to greater use of the pesticide.

The action kicks off on July 1 at Buffalo Hills, according to the latest schedule, with 353 horses targeted for removal and 30 to be treated with fertility control.

The plan between now and the end of September calls for 8,793 animals to be gathered, 8,062 removed and 480 treated with fertility control.

Operations may or may not be announced and progress reports may or may not be posted, given the dearth of information at Piceance in Colorado.

Piceance Advocates Endorse Wild Horse Roundup

Like the agency it supports, the group wants healthy horses on healthy rangelands, code words for managing HMAs primarily for livestock.

Other surprises in the story by The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel include photographic evidence from the BLM and two conservation districts (ranching advocacy groups) that wild horses consumed 80% of the forage last year and that next year’s Meeker Mustang Makeover, operated by public-lands ranchers, may feature horses from the HMA.

RELATED: PZP Fanatics Worried About Piceance Foals!

Volunteer Ambassadors Sought

The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a ranching front group and leader in the wild horse removal industry, has openings for three individuals with experience in education, public speaking, community relations and networking.

In these roles, you will

  • Become a leader on federal, state, and local legislative and policy issues
  • Advance initiatives to protect wild horses and burros, the environment and wildlife
  • Educate the public by speaking at schools and community organizations

For example, if asked about management practices at the North Lander Complex in Wyoming, your job is to convince others that livestock should receive at least seven times more forage than the horses, and the best way to achieve that goal is not with cruel and inhumane helicopter roundups but with safe and reversible fertility control.

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You will not be expected to convert AMLs to AUMs or compute forage allocations for livestock in areas set aside for wild horses because those numbers would destroy the rationale for your darting programs and reveal you and your colleagues as frauds.

RELATED: CAAWH Delusional?

Protecting Wild Horses on Virginia Range 06-25-22

PZP Fanatics Worried About Piceance Foals!

As predicted, the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses has asked the BLM for additional analysis before it resorts to helicopters, out of a concern for the foals.

The roundup was set to begin on June 16, using baited traps, but no horses have been captured according to a story posted by The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

The advocates don’t oppose the removals, only the way they are carried out.

They want horses taken off the range with the Montana Solution, not helicopters, with benefits accruing to the public-lands ranchers.

RELATED: Piceance Blackout Continues.

Foal-Free Friday, No Major Side Effects Edition

The June edition of Horse Tales is out, complete with another [fairy] tale about wild horses by the real estate agent and PZP darter in the Minden/Gardnerville area.

The column begins at the bottom of page 19.

“The only side effect we see of the birth control vaccine PZP is that the mares continue to come into heat since they don’t get in foal.  As a result they are being bred all season long.  In some bands with multiple stallions, the mares tire of the attention.”

She needs a vision check.

Barren mares, confused stallions and shrinking herds are not side effects, they are goals.

Subordination to privately owned livestock is not a side effect, it is a goal.

Injuries and infections in treated animals—a cost of doing business.

Abnormal sex ratios?  Can’t talk about that.

Disruption of the natural order?  An unintended consequence.

What about sterilization of mares?  The ends justify the means.

The advocates profit from the status quo.  They have no reason and no desire to improve conditions for America’s wild horses.

RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Lying for the Cause Edition.

Saving Wild Horses 06-18-22

Escaped Mustangs Captured by Saginaw County Deputies

They will be returned to the BLM according to a report posted today by MLive, an online news service in Michigan.

If they are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the American west, why aren’t they out west?

To protect scarce and fragile resources [that have been assigned to the public-lands ranchers] and to ensure healthy animals [that go moooo and baaaa].

CAAWH Delusional?

They bill themselves as the nation’s leading wild horse protection organization, but wherever they and their surrogates are involved, wild horse numbers go down.

CAAWH Delusional 06-23-22

Ever notice that?

Defenders of the public-lands ranchers, they are a leader in the wild horse removal business and a challenger to Cattoor, Sun J and Uhalde.

How many of their supporters are cattlemen and bots?

RELATED: Montana Solution Alleviates Many Wild Horse Problems.

What Are Enteroliths?

They are mineral accumulations around a foreign object that form round, triangular, or flat stones inside the bowel of a horse, usually over the course of several years.

They originate in the large colon and can lead to colic.

Refer to this Q&A by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

The stones in the following photos were passed by a mare earlier this week, two on June 20 and two on June 21.

Symptoms began on June 19, including loss of appetite, restlessness, laying down.

The incident was preceded by diarrhea and appears to be resolving but is not over.

Enteroliths are associated with diets that are high in magnesium and protein, present in alfalfa, a staple for wild horses in off-range corrals.

The mare is a registered Paint and is 12 years old.

Enteroliths 06-22-22

What Is a Curated Horse Exhibit?

It’s an area where wild horses lived, but because of massive human involvement, the natural order has been all but extinguished.

The advocates work hard to keep up appearances but the critical observer will notice

  • Unexpected injuries
  • Few if any foals
  • Abnormal sex ratios
  • Decreasing herd sizes

Examples include Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Assateague Island, Currituck Outer Banks, Salt River, Virginia Range, Little Book Cliffs WHR, McCullough Peaks HMA and Pine Nut Mountains HA.

What Is On-Range Management?

The advocates support it so you know it’s bad for the horses.

A report by KLAS News refers to it but does not explain it.

It’s synonymous with “humane management.”

What is it?

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The Montana Solution, marketed by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a voice for the public-lands ranchers and leader in the wild horse removal industry.

RELATED: Montana Solution Alleviates Many Wild Horse Problems.