Restore or Reform Wild Horse and Burro Act?

The year is almost over and while the advocates are reviewing what they did to our wild ones in 2021, Craig Downer explains in this article what can be done for them.

Regarding base properties, Western Horse Watchers believes that they are part of the solution: Confine the ranchers to their deeded acres and let them pay market rates to feed their animals, in a year-round off-season.

The proposed feedlot north of Winnemucca will support 4,000 animals on 100 acres of private property. If it works for the horses it works for the cattle.

As for climate change, Western Horse Watchers believes that it’s a naturally occurring process that’s been going on for eons and is not attributable to modern life, as the Marxists would have you believe.

They’re not interested in protecting the environment but controlling every aspect of your life. Why are you still voting for them?

Salt River Horses Eluded Settlers But Can’t Hide from Advocates

Some of them were able to escape the mass extermination that started 200 years ago, according to a story by KGUN News of Tucson, AZ, and they started coming back into population.

Notably absent from the photos are the youngsters, thanks to the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group, an affiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

Roundup Begins at Nevada WHR

The incident started today, according to the gather page, with 79 horses captured, none shipped and no deaths.

Cumberland Island Horses to Share Land with Spaceport?

The FAA has granted a license for launching commercial rockets from coastal Georgia, according to a story by AP News. The island is known for its mansions and wild horses.

How Many Wild Horses Can the Pine Nut HA Support?

For a quick estimate, convert the AUMs in the Buckeye and Pine Nut allotments to wild horses. The Allotment Master report has the data.

Add the active AUMs and divide by 12:

Horses displaced from HA = (481 + 1,471 + 1,150) ÷ 12 = 258

Given that a small part of Buckeye overlaps the HMA, the number of horses displaced from the HA by privately owned livestock is probably around 250, maybe a bit less.

The AML in this area is zero and the advocates have supplanted the government as resource enforcers, at least for now.

They recently acquired a Jeep to make sure that none of the mares can escape their darting rifles and the fundraising effort has been dropped from their web site.

You might be able to read about it on socialist media.

Mustang Monday

At the Pryor Mountains WHR with Lori’s Travels.

Corral Expansion Inching Along

The loop-leg pipe panels ordered in early October have been stood up but nothing has been secured. Bow gates were already on hand.

This space will connect the corral, out of frame on the right in the aerial view, to the barn, out of frame on the left.

Partitions in the barn, where stalls used to be, have been removed, providing another shelter and feeding area for the horses. Overview of project in this video.

Corral Expansion Inching Along 12-19-21

Battle with the Cattle

Here is the Fox5 interview with Manda Kalimian. Peeing incident not included.

Sounds like Pila is a Nokota.

TCF Issues Media Challenge in Wild Horse Reporting

The original alert, sent to over 900 news outlets, included a fact sheet that was not attached to Friday’s news release on EIN.

We Need Tonic of Wildness Not Sting of PZP

This column in yesterday’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune was written by the director of communications for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

Whenever they get involved, there is no more wildness, no natural selection, no legacy.

VR Darting Injury 09-15-21

When are you leaving, dear?

How Pine Nut Advocates Help Government Protect Ranchers

The December edition of Horse Tales is out, along with another article by the real estate agent and PZP darter in the Minden-Gardnerville area.

The listings are on page 24 and the article begins at the bottom of page 5.

The action takes place on the Pine Nut Mountains HA, which includes the HMA but extends well to the south, coinciding roughly with the Buckeye and Pine Nut allotments.

The land was identified for wild horses in 1971 but has since been taken away and is now managed principally for livestock.

Horses still inhabit the area, which is unfit for them, supposedly. The AML is zero.

Instead of demanding that the HA be managed principally for wild horses—as specified in the statute—the advocates are getting rid of them with PZP.

There is little if any turning over of the genetic soil and the herd may be dying off, depending on how severely they’ve reduced the birth rate.

If things get out of hand, the government will remove them, ensuring that all of their food, except for a small amount reserved for wildlife, goes to public-lands ranchers.

Good job, guys.

Like the Virginia Range a few miles to the north, the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses has its tentacles in this program.

The Allotment Master report puts Buckeye and Pine Nut in the Improve category.

Big Summit Roundup Attracts Legal Action

The Central Oregon Wild Horse Coalition said the remaining herd won’t have enough genetic diversity and the population will drift lower due to predation by cougars and wolves, according to a story posted today by The Bulletin of Bend, OR.

RELATED: Big Summit Roundup Delayed.

Fox-Lake Range Roundup Over

The incident ended today, according to a BLM news release. Here are the final results from the gather page:

Horses captured: 82
Horses shipped: 19
Horses returned: 23
Horses to be returned: 37
Horses deceased: 4

The numbers don’t balance.

19 + 23 + 37 + 4 ≠ 82

More horses were processed than captured.

No foals were taken. Of the adults, 46% were male and 54% were female.

The death rate was 4.9%.

If the herd was growing at a rate fifteen to twenty percent per year, 16 to 20 foals should have been pushed into the traps. But none were. Why?

Wild Horse and Burro Act at 50: Time for Reflection

The legislation became law 50 years ago today.

In his remarks dated December 17, 1971, President Nixon noted that the animals were 99% extinct, with approximately 9,500 unbranded and unclaimed horses and 11,000 free-roaming burros remaining on the public lands.

Today, the number of horses and burros allowed by plan is not much higher, around 27,000. The land can support many more, but those resources have been assigned to privately owned livestock.

The advocates know a lot about adjuvant but not much about AUMs. Consumed by the overpopulation narrative, they protect the ranchers, not the horses and burros.

Why are you still giving them money?

Fox-Lake Range Roundup Day 5

The incident started on December 11.

A mare was put down on Day 4 due to pre-existing conditions.

The gather page says no foals have been captured but the Day 1 report shows six.

The number of horses gathered to date is not known.

The number of horses shipped is 12.

The death rate and number of unaccounted-for horses cannot be determined.

RELATED: Fox-Lake Range Roundup Day 3.

Wild Horses and Burros to Be Removed from Nevada WHR

The incident will begin on or about December 18, according to the news release, and will not be open to public observation.

Helicopters will push the animals into the traps.

The capture goal is 648 horses and 100 burros, and the removal goal is 438 horses and 100 burros.

Mares returned to the range will be treated with GonaCon, a fertility control drug that may act as a sterilant.

The WHR was established in 1962 on 1.3 million acres of withdrawn lands southeast of Tonopah, NV. Photographs and visitor access are prohibited for security reasons.

The 500 horses allowed by plan require 6,000 AUMs per year. The AML for burros is zero.

The aimed-at stocking rate is 0.4 wild horses per thousand acres. The target rate across all HMAs is one wild horse per thousand acres.

The WHR is not subject to permitted grazing but is bordered by allotments on the east, north and west sides. Refer to the Western Watersheds map for details.

Captured horses will be taken to the off-range corrals at Palomino Valley, north of Reno, NV. Captured burros will be taken to the off-range corrals in Axtell, UT.

Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.

An emergency roundup occurred in the area last year.