At the watering station on the Virginia Range.
Author: Western Horse Watchers
Like the Days of Noah
Might as well stay inside and eat.
Warm Springs Horses Trapped by Snow
Dozens of mustangs on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation are trapped in a valley with no food, according to a report posted today in The Bulletin of Bend, OR.
Volunteers with Mustang MEND and Central Oregon Equine Rescue are working with families in the area to get hay to the horses.
They are also discussing birth control options with tribal leaders who manage the horses, according to the report.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
RFP for Off-Range Pastures in the News
A syndicated report about wild horse overpopulation, originating in Cheyenne, WY, appeared today in national news outlets, many of them left-wing rags only too happy to repeat the lies of their precious government.
A representative of The PZP Channel suggested that shooting wild mares in the ass with contraceptives was better than forcing them off their home range and shipping them to private pastures. Never mind that the land was set aside for them in the 1971 statute (as it exists today, amended by ranching interests).
The original news release, posted by the BLM on 03/04/19, said the current wild horse and burro population in the western U.S. is “more than triple the number of animals the land can support in conjunction with other legally mandated land uses.”
Refer to the Lexicon if you don’t know the meaning of ‘other mandated uses.’
There is no wild horse overpopulation. It’s nothing more than a bullshit storyline to justify current land-use policies and give cover to the government serfs.
RELATED: Wanted: More Off-Range Pastures for WHB.
Camping with the Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks
You’ll find many videos of the Banker Horses where vehicle access is possible but not many of this area due to its location. A real treat! The island appears to be in good condition post Florence. H/T Frecky Knucks.
RELATED: Update on Shackleford Horses.
Cleanup on Aisle Four
The first part of the job was to get the driveway reopened, which was accomplished by cutting the trunk and main branches, and dragging the logs out of the way.
It’s getting so bad out west that when the rain stops for a few hours in the afternoon, we call it a dry day.
RELATED: Bad Tree Day.
Country Kitchen
First Friday of Lent, no meat. Scrambled eggs are good, especially if they’re produced by your own flock (see this video). Other items of interest include meds for the horses, food for the cat and water samples from the well.
Don’t wash free-range eggs until you’re ready to use them.
RELATED: Backyard Chickens – Intro.
Feeling Their Oats
On the Virginia Range with Lauri Duke.
Inmate-Trained Horses and Burros in Arizona
New video about the wild horse and burro training program at the state prison in Florence, AZ, which is sponsored by Arizona Correctional Industries, Bureau of Land Management and the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Inmates are taught how to care for the animals and prepare them for adoption, a process known as ‘gentling.’
Programs like this one have been proven to reduce recidivism, a positive result for the inmates and taxpayers.
The Florence Off-Range Corrals, destination for wild horses and burros removed from public lands in the state, are also on prison grounds.
Nevada Board of Agriculture Meets Tomorrow
The meeting will be held at the Sparks office starting at 9:00 AM, with remote participation from the Elko and Las Vegas offices.
The Virginia Range mustangs are not on the agenda but are likely to be mentioned in the public comments.
These horses are managed at the state level, not subject to oversight by the BLM or Forest Service. They roam on the hills east of Reno.
Eat Your Greens
The mustangs remind you that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, no meat.
Wanted: More Off-Range Pastures for WHB
BLM requested bids today for long-term care of wild horses and burros removed from public lands in the western U.S. A similar request was posted last June.
Facilities must be located in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas (panhandle only), Utah, Washington or Wyoming. Contracts will be awarded for 200 to 5,000 animals, with four-year and nine-year renewal options.
Western rangelands can’t support the current number of wild horses and burros in conjunction with ‘other legally mandated uses,’ according to the news release, a euphemism for ‘privately owned livestock.’
What does this say about the 2019 roundup season? Ten thousand plus?
The forage currently allocated to livestock on public lands managed by the BLM would support 750,000 wild horses and burros, enough to empty all of the off-range corrals and long-term pastures fifteen times over.
RELATED: Wild Horse Overpopulation?, Economics of Wild Horse Gathers.
UPDATE: See also this report posted today by Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Mustang Monday
Outside the boundaries of Sand Wash Basin HMA with HighStakesRanch.
Bad Tree Day
Too much rain out west. Pine tree appeared to be leaning on 03/02/19, a few hours later it was on the ground. Short video posted to WHW YouTube channel.
Bad Hair Day
Too much rain, too much humidity. Photo taken 03/03/19. BLM mustang adopted in 2015, mom and brother in background.
Barn Fire Kills Four Horses
A fire at Paint’d Horse Stables in Monroe, WA destroyed the main barn and arena on 02/28/19, claiming four horses, two tons of hay and some ranch equipment, according to a report posted today by KIRO-7 News in Seattle.
The facility rescues wild horses from the Yakama Indian Reservation that would otherwise go to slaughter.
The report did not indicate if the deceased animals were locked in stalls.
Sand Wash Stallions
On Sand Wash Basin HMA with Pam Rutherford, before the drought hit in 2018.
Back to the Badlands
On Theodore Roosevelt National Park with Badlands Gypsy. Photo exhibition set for 03/08/19 in Minneapolis.
RELATED: Horses of the Badlands.
UPDATE: See this story about the exhibit in the Hutchinson Leader.
IRRC Expands Propaganda
The remarks from 12:39 to 13:15 in this video demonstrate the arrogance of these people. Everybody bow to the public-lands ranchers, all hail the government serfs!
It’s not their land, it’s their birthright. Share it with anything but wild horses, notably absent in the film.
The aim of the Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission is not to inform and educate, but to brainwash and gloss over those parts of history they don’t want to remember, such as the rancher’s treatment of wild horses over the last hundred years.
Multiple Use Minute
To achieve a ‘thriving ecological balance’ with ‘other uses and values’ on this blog.
Western Horse Watchers Association 