Mustang Monday

At or near the Heber WHT with Living Art.

Feed Store Wants Proof That You Own Horses?

Bring a photo of wild horses on public lands when you’re buying Ivermectin.

They belong to the American people, which includes you.

Vaccine Mandates Illustrated

Take the vaccines or take the shots. It’s how communist countries get things done.

Vaccine Mandates 09-05-21 Dissenting voices and alternative treatments will not be tolerated.

Sand Wash Roundup Day 5

The incident began on September 1. Gather stats through September 5:

Type: Emergency
Method: Helicopter
Horses captured: 329, up from 81 on Day 3
Average daily take: 65.8
Capture goal: 783
Removal goal: 733
Returned: 1
Deaths: 1, up from 0 on Day 3
Shipped: 190, up from 64 on Day 3

One horse was put down on Day 4 due to a pre-existing condition. The death rate is now 0.3%.

The breakdown between stallions, mares and foals was not given on Day 5, only the total number of horses captured.

Foals represented 11.6% of the horses gathered through Day 4. Of the adults, 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. The low percentage of foals may be due to the darting program.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Day 5 ended with 137 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

AML: 362
Forage assigned to horses: 4,344 AUMs per year
Pre-gather population: 896
Forage liberated to date: 3,936 AUMs per year
Water liberated to date: 3,280 gallons per day
Forage assigned to livestock: 16,827 AUMs per year (estimated)
Horses displaced from HMA by livestock: 1,402 (2.8% of off-range holding)
True AML: 1,764

RELATED: Sand Wash Roundup Day 3.

Stone Cabin Roundup Day 3

The incident began on September 1. Gather stats through September 3:

Type: Emergency
Method: Bait
Horses captured: 45
Average daily take: 15.0
Capture goal: 450
Removal goal: 450
Returned: 0
Deaths: 1
Shipped: 0

No horses were caught on Day 2.

One horse was put down due to an injury sustained in the roundup on Day 3.

Foals represented 20.0% of the horses gathered. Of the adults, 58.3% were male and 41.7% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Day 3 ended with 44 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

AML: 364
Forage assigned to horses: 4,368 AUMs per year
Pre-gather population: 1,037
Forage liberated to date: 540 AUMs per year
Water liberated to date: 450 gallons per day
Forage assigned to livestock: Unknown
Horses displaced from HMA by livestock: Unknown
True AML: Unknown

Four Mile Roundup Starts Next Week

The incident will begin on September 14, according to the news release. The rationale is too many animals, not inadequate food and water.

Helicopters will push the horses into the traps and the operation will be open to public observation.

The capture goal is 189 and the removal goal is 173. Mares returned to the HMA will be treated with GonaCon.

The HMA covers 18,800 acres in western Idaho and has an AML of 60. The aimed-at stocking rate is 3.2 wild horses per thousand acres. The target rate across all HMAs is one wild horse per thousand acres.

The pre-gather population of 210 includes 150 horses not allowed by plan, sometimes referred to as ‘excess animals.’

Four Mile HMA Map 09-05-21

Section 3.4.1 in the 2020 Final EA for resource enforcement actions states that the HMA is fully fenced and encompasses three of the ten pastures in the Willow Ridge Allotment, but does not disclose the AUMs assigned to livestock in those pastures.

Table 4 shows the grazing schedule and Map 1 in Appendix A shows the arrangement.

The Allotment Master report puts Willow Ridge in the Improve category.

The EA was posted with other project documents in ePlanning.

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

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

Meet ‘Baghdad Bob’ of Sand Wash Basin

He forgot to mention privately owned livestock when discussing food for the horses and other animals in the HMA at 1:06.

McGregor Grazing Land Up for Bids Again

On September 17, BLM will auction cattle-only grazing units on withdrawn lands in the McGregor Range, between Alamogordo, NM and El Paso, TX, according to a news release issued yesterday.

Results, if published, will provide data on current market values for livestock forage.

Two years ago, some of the parcels fetched $43 per AUM.

The United States shall receive fair market value for the use of public lands and their resources, as specified in §1701(a)(9) of FLPMA, unless otherwise provided by statute.

The fee paid by public-lands ranchers, $1.35 per AUM, falls short of that requirement, and is locked in by §1905 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act, 43 USC 37.

Emergency Roundup Roundup

Snapshot of activity as of September 4:

West Douglas HA

Start date – July 26
Status – Complete

Paisley Desert HMA

Start date – August 1
Status – No announcement

Antelope Complex

Start date – August 2
Status – Complete

Conger HMA

Start date – August 11
Status – Complete

Flanigan HMA

Start date – August 12
Status – No activity reported

Stone Cabin HMA

Start date – August 15
Status – In progress

Stinkingwater HMA

Start date – August 15
Status – Complete

Palomino Buttes HMA

Start date – August 30
Status – Complete

Sand Wash Basin HMA

Start date – September 1
Status – In progress

Barren Valley Complex

Start date – September 8
Status – Pending

Emergency roundups are marked ‘E’ in the latest schedule, ‘P’ is for planned.

Columnist Tries to Prop Up Sand Wash Narrative

Western Horse Watchers offers the following remarks in response to an op-ed appearing in today’s online edition of the Greeley Tribune.

The AML of 362 corresponds to a resource allocation in a land-use plan. It is not the number of wild horses the HMA can sustain. If the land can only support 362, how did the pre-gather population reach 896? Half of them should be dead by now.

Sometimes you limit your spending in one area because other things are more important.

Wild horses are not domesticated animals. If you think they are, adopt one and try throwing a saddle on him. He might spin his butt and put a hoof in your face.

Table 2.1 in the Final EA for resource enforcement actions in the HMA shows 499 AUMs per year assigned to cattle in one of the pastures of the Sheepherder Spring allotment, which is inside the HMA according to the paragraph above the table.

If sheep only traverse the HMA on their way to summer and winter feeding grounds, why does the plan authorize over 16,000 AUMs per year to livestock inside the HMA?

Amend the plan and shift the resources back to the horses! The roundup will no longer be necessary and the darting program can be stopped.

Horses appear in the North American fossil record, cattle and sheep do not. They are the predominant non-native species on America’s pubic lands.

There are few if any predators in wild horse areas because those animals would also be interested in the offspring of the non-native species.

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 43 USC 35, puts domestic livestock grazing at the top of the list of principal uses of public lands, not fish and wildlife development, mineral extraction, recreation or timber production. Refer to §1702(l).

The use of helicopters and motor vehicles in wild horse roundups, §1338a in 16 USC 30, was authorized by FLPMA, the first formal attack on the WHB Act by the public-lands ranchers, their overlords, cheerleaders and political allies.

Pancake Gather Plan

Darting Sand Wash Horses Helps the Public-Lands Ranchers!

Memo to Ms. Crawford: If you want to help these animals, stay home.

RELATED: Beware of the Advocates!

Sand Wash Roundup Day 3

The incident began on September 1. Gather stats through September 3:

Type: Emergency
Horses captured: 81
Average take: 27.0 horses per day
Capture goal: 783
Removal goal: 733
Returned: 1
Deaths: 0
Shipped: 64

Helicopters were grounded on Day 2 due to weather.

Foals represented 16.0% of the horses gathered. Of the adults, 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Day 3 ended with 16 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

AML: 362
Forage assigned to horses: 4,344 AUMs per year
Pre-gather population: 896
Forage liberated to date: 960 AUMs per year
Water liberated to date: 800 gallons per day
Forage assigned to livestock: 16,827 AUMs per year (estimated)
Horses displaced from HMA by livestock: 1,402 (2.8% of off-range holding)
True AML: 1,764

RELATED: Sand Wash Roundup Begins.

Stone Cabin Roundup in Progress

The incident began on September 1, with nine horses captured, no deaths and none shipped, according to figures at the gather page.

Horses are drawn into the traps by water and hay.

The capture and removal goals are 450.

The AML is 364 and the pre-gather population is 1,037.

Sand Wash Horses Consume 95% of Resources?

The statement occurs at 1:36 in the following video by KUSA News of Denver.

Could it be true? Yes, during the off season.

Table 2.1 in the Final EA for resource enforcement actions shows grazing seasons for allotments that overlap the HMA. The pastures in rows 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 are inside the HMA and represent a shifting of resources from wild horses to public-lands ranchers.

Grazing does not occur in June, July and August, so during the summer, the horses are the majority consumer of food and water.

Gates and fences might impede their movement within their home range and some areas may be off limits to help them recover for the next grazing season. Most of the land does not meet standards for rangeland health.

The management plan assigns 79% of the authorized forage to privately owned livestock over a twelve month period, as explained in this report. The horses are the minority consumer of resources overall, next to wildlife.

The pre-gather population of 896 is unacceptable—the horses are robbing too much forage, sometimes referred to as ‘their food,’ from the ranchers.

That’s why they have to go. Resource enforcement.

Livestock AUMs may have been cut due to a temporary change in the weather but the horses are being permanently removed. When conditions improve, it’ll be business as usual, with the ranchers receiving the lion’s share of the resources.

The BLM rep in the video is not telling the whole story.

Would that be true for your favorite advocacy group?

Comments Invited on Draft EA for New Off-Range Corrals

A preliminary environmental assessment for a high-density animal feeding operation was released today for public review. The proposed facility would be built on private land north of Winnemucca, NV and east of the Highway 95/290 junction.

The corrals would cover 100 acres and have a capacity of 4,000 wild horses and burros, for a stocking rate of 40,000 animals per thousand acres.

Horses and burros removed from their home range would be held there until they are adopted or transferred to long-term pastures.

The operator would be JS Livestock of unknown city and state.

The word ‘shelter’ appears nowhere in the assessment.

Comments will be accepted through September 17, according to the news release.

Beware of the Advocates!

They couldn’t convert an AML to AUMs if their lives depended on it, but they can tell you exactly how many cc’s of adjuvant to add to the PZP and how long to mix them.

They’re working with government to achieve and maintain AMLs by attrition, which means they’re trying to protect and preserve the lopsided resource allocations that strongly favor the public-lands ranchers—in areas set aside for wild horses.

Charlatans, every one of them.

Climate Change Will Bring Us Together?

The greatest threat to our public lands, and the animals living therein, is climate change, according to a story posted yesterday by Reuters.

The signatories to the ‘Path Forward‘—now revealed to be frauds—want you to accept the lie, join their darting army and help them get rid of wild horses.

To save the planet, of course.

Sand Wash Roundup Begins

The incident was delayed by rain but helicopters were flying by noon. Day 1 ended with 65 horses captured, no deaths and one escape, according figures at the gather page.

The capture goal is 783 and the removal goal is 733. The pre-gather population is 896.