A gather page was created yesterday but there has been no announcement on the BLM news site. The incident would occur on private lands at the south end of the HMA.
Author: Western Horse Watchers
Status of Saylor Creek Roundup?
No activity has been reported since August 24. Western Horse Watchers was unable to find a news release saying it’s over. An email inquiry to the BLM earlier today had not been answered by the time this post went live.
RELATED: Saylor Creek Mares MIA?
‘Hopeless’ Returns to Water Tanks with Buddies
Perhaps he’s joined up with a bachelor band? He’s near the center of the frame at 3:20.
RELATED: ‘Hopeless’ Spotted with Other Wild Horses.
Diamond Roundup Day 4
Gather stats through September 13:
- Horses captured: 267
- Goal: 1,225
- Deaths: 3
Two deaths occurred on Day 3 (related to roundup) and one on Day 4 (pre-existing condition).
The incident started on September 10.
Foals represented 17.2% of the total. Body condition scores were not provided.
The contractor is holding 138 horses on site. Sixty will be returned to the Complex, not necessarily these, including 30 mares treated with contraceptives.
The herd size dropped below the true AML on the first day of the roundup.
RELATED: Diamond Roundup Day 2, Diamond Wild Horses Get Short End of Stick.
Mustang Monday
On the Pryor Mountains WHR with Pryor Wild.
To the Left or To the Right?
Looks like his mane will flop to his left but that doesn’t mean he’s a Biden voter.
Let’s see if he gets a mail-in ballot.
RELATED: Colt Reaches Fifth Rail.
‘Hopeless’ Spotted with Other Wild Horses
Previous photos suggested he was a loner but not so!
RELATED: What is a ‘Hopeless Prognosis for Recovery?’
Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 4
Thirty seven horses were captured on Day 3, with 34 on Day 4, bringing the total to 113, according to the latest report. No other details were given.
The incident began on September 9, with public observation limited to two persons per day. The daily reports can be found here.
RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 2.
They Only Come Out at Night
No, it’s not a remake of the Edgar Winter album, just some Virginia Range mustangs stopping by for a drink. Not much activity during the day in August.
Diamond Roundup Day 2
Gather stats through September 11:
- Horses captured: 133
- Goal: 1,225
- Deaths: 0
Foals represented 12% of the horses gathered.
Body condition scores were not provided.
Sixty horses will be returned to the Complex, including 30 mares treated with contraceptives, for a removal goal of 1,165.
RELATED: Diamond Roundup Underway.
Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 2
The event started September 9, according to today’s report, with 34 horses gathered and one death.
Day 2 yielded eight more, for a total of 42.
Foals represented 21.4% of the horses captured.
No horses have been returned to the WHT and 41 have shipped or are awaiting shipment, so the numbers check.
42 animal captured = 41 animals shipped + 1 animal death + 0 animals returned
The daily reports can be found here.
RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Begins.
Seven Things to Know About Off-Range Pastures
Refer to this blog post by BLM staff for six facts about long-term holding of wild horses.
Item #7, not included in the report: Most of these animals have been displaced from their home range by privately owned livestock, a consequence of the resource management process. It’s intentional, by design.
RELATED: Tour of Long-Term Holding Facility Announced.
Diamond Roundup Underway
The incident started yesterday, according to the daily reports, with 103 horses captured.
No deaths were reported and foals accounted for 8.7% of the total.
Devil’s Garden Roundup Begins
Thirty four horses were captured on the first day, according to an undated report by the Forest Service. No other details were given.
Pendley Still Targeting Wild Horses and Burros
There’s not enough seed or fertilizer or technology or time or water to fix the damage they caused, according to an interview posted this morning by The Salt Lake Tribune.
Curiously, the leading beneficiary of the plan to remove them from America’s public lands was not a part of the discussion.
When the interview turned to fertility control, Pendley suggested that GonaCon is actually a chemical sterilant. “We’ve got a new product out there that we think will last [with] a one-time application.”
RELATED: Pendley Won’t Head BLM.
Tour of Long-Term Holding Facility Announced
BLM has scheduled an online tour of a private pasture for wild horses, starting at 9 AM on September 21, Mountain Time. The facility is near Davis, OK.
Wild horses are not sent to these places for protection and preservation. They are not backups in case something happens to the original herd. They will never return to their home range.
Rather, they are removed from public lands in favor of privately owned livestock and, if not adopted, shipped to segregated pastures to live out their lives and die. No family, no foals, no legacy.
The announcement did not indicate if the facility holds stallions or mares and if any of them have been sterilized. The event will be carried by socialist media.
Volunteers Needed for Virginia Range Feeding Program
Refer to this report, posted today by This Is Reno. Could the hay piles be used for bait in the darting program?
RELATED: NDA OKs Diversionary Feeding of Virginia Range Mustangs?
Living In a Darkroom
This was the scene at 8 AM today, due to smoke from wildfires. Very strange.
Purpose of Roundups?
As two new roundups kick off this week, followed by another next week, keep in mind that they don’t allocate resources, they enforce resource allocations.
If you want to help America’s wild horses and burros, you have to look upstream in the management process.
Too Hot to Move
A heat wave has been in effect out west since September 4. Filling water buckets three times a day, compared to once a day normally. Photos taken September 7.
