Fatherhood

If you didn’t follow the link to Barnhardt’s post on meekness, at least watch the damn video.

Happy Father’s Day

Today we reject the new-age ideals of effeminacy, promiscuity and single-parent families, along with the horrific practice of placing children with same-sex couples.

A father stands up for what’s right, protects what’s his, and has the scars to prove it.

The stallion below, who runs one of the bands on the Virginia Range, doesn’t keep his harem of mares because he’s a nice guy, he keeps them because he’s a badass. Photo taken 06/15/18.

Power Under Control

One of the Virginia Range band stallions, photographed on 06/15/18, battle scars and and all. That’s 1000 pounds of virility and potency standing right in front of you. If he spins his butt and fires those cannons, you don’t have a chance. But there he was, as sweet as can be.

This may be an example of what Ann Barnhardt refers to as meekness.

Working Remotely

A behind-the-scenes look at one of the workstations at WHWA. Yep, three grain buckets and a notebook in one of the corrals. Horses enjoy some oats and rice bran while your host enjoys some hops. Photo taken 06/12/18 while working on post about water shortage at Sand Wash Basin HMA.

Horses Attract Bullies

Personnel with the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group held a press conference recently to review their plans for the Salt River horses. A birth control program was included, of course, with the goal of reducing population growth.

If anything positive can be said about it, at least it’s not aimed at zero population growth or negative population growth.

The contraceptive-of-choice will likely be PZP, administered by CO2-powered rifles. Or maybe they’re using compressed air nowadays because of global warming.

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The wild horse haters are almost certainly pleased with the development, as this so-called advocacy group works diligently to advance their agenda of fewer horses on western rangelands.

In the 12/12/17 Nevada Board of Agriculture meeting, where a decision was made to transfer ownership of the Virginia Range horses to a private advocacy group, comments were made about the side-effects of PZP (beginning at 2:32:00 in the video).

Barren mares stealing foals which die because the mares have no milk
Abscesses at the injection area
Pregnant mares aborting their foals after darting
Fertility cycles changed

Why don’t we ever hear about these things?

The speaker was shouted down by individuals who are so lost in their sins (the contraceptive mindset) that they can’t even conceive of other pro-life methods for managing the horses.

WHB at National Cattle Congress

Wild Horses and burros will be available for adoption today and tomorrow at the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, IA. Refer to this report in the Black Hills Pioneer, posted 06/14/18.

Event will be held at the Pullin Simonsen Arena.

Posters! Maybe?

And Now for Something Completely Different

Fulton J. Sheen on politeness.

Next Stop for R3C Wild Horse Program is Napa, CA

Saddle-trained mustangs will be available for adoption this weekend at Napa Mustang Days according to a news release dated 06/14/18 in the The Union.

Mustangs trained by inmates at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center were offered for adoption last weekend at the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, CA.

BLM wild horse posters may be available at this event.

Wild Horse and Burro Posters

Volunteers at the BLM booth at the Western States Horse Expo were handing out posters featuring these icons of the American west. They’re approximately 18″ x 24″ in size, with thick stock and glossy finish. Really nice.

Unfortunately, they’re only available at BLM-related events or shows where the BLM sponsors a booth. Leave a comment if you’re interested in getting these.

Horses Returned to Sands Basin HMA

See this story at KIVI-TV Channel 6, the ABC affiliate in Boise, ID. Includes video.

Today, twenty nine horses were returned to this relatively small HMA, almost three years after it was burned in the Soda Fire. Also present were 100+ observers.

The population density for this area is 5.5 horses per thousand acres, considerably higher than the national average of about one horse per thousand acres (based on upper end of AML).

Water Delivery Plans On Hold at Sand Wash Basin HMA

BLM says no. See this report in Steamboat Today posted 06/13/18. Although ponds are drying up, springs are flowing and wells are pumping. So it’s wait and see. No immediate threat to horses, for now they appear to be OK. Situation monitored daily.

Madison Shambaugh Recognized for Work with Mustangs

Refer to this story in the Telluride Daily Planet, posted 06/12/18. Known as ‘Mustang Maddy’ in the horse world, she appeared on the cover of the May/June issue of Cowgirl magazine.

Her FB page includes a video dedicated to mustangs.

See also this article in Cowgirl about her work with wild horses.

All About Equine Animal Rescue

Six of the Hallelujah Horses were placed with this organization last year, and are now at their ranch in El Dorado Hills, CA. They appear in the ‘Under Evaluation’ section of their adoption page as Kix, Bentley, Hank, Denver, Outlaw and Toby.

Photo below from the All About Equine exhibit at the 2018 Western States Horse Expo.

As for the ISPMB rescue, it’s Mission Complete! The original FB page is still active and individuals are now sharing the stories of their adopted horses.

RELATED: ISPMB Update from December 2017.

Volunteers Preparing to Haul Water to Sand Wash Basin HMA

Personnel with Wild Horse Warriors for Sand Wash Basin are finalizing plans to bring water to the Sand Wash mustangs, according to a report posted 06/12/18 in Steamboat Today. The action stems from ongoing drought conditions.

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The report says the HMA is enclosed by a fence. If that’s true, the horses are no longer self-reliant. If they can’t move to other areas to find food and water, they’ll become dependent on people or will die. You fence ’em, you own ’em.

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The Sand Wash Basin HMA covers 157,730 acres in northwest Colorado. The upper end of the AML is 363, for a population density of 2.3 horses per thousand acres.

Advocates Still Want Answers for Virginia Range Horses

Although not on the agenda, the Virginia Range mustangs received considerable attention during public comments at the 06/06/18 Nevada Board of Agriculture meeting.

The Board’s plan to transfer ownership of the horses to a non-profit advocacy group was met with no response and was withdrawn on 05/02/18.

Comments begin at 0:06:02 and end at 0:38:20. Most of the commenters urged the Board to reinstate a birth control program similar to the one cancelled in 2017. Sad.

Oregon HMA Stats

Most of the herd management areas in Oregon are in the northwest corner of the Great Basin.

Here are some statistics for the state, developed from individual pages at the BLM web site.

Number of HMAs: 18 (one jointly managed with USFS)
Total land: 2.9 million acres (mostly public, some private)
Total animals: 2786 (mostly horses, a few burros, using upper values of AMLs)
Stocking rate: 1031 acres per animal (0.97 animals per thousand acres)
Stocking rate at 3X AML: 344 acres per animal (2.91 animals per thousand acres)

The last figure is offered as an estimate of the current situation, as many of the HMAs have more animals than allowed by the upper end of their AMLs.

Livestock grazing was not reported on any of the HMAs, although it presumably occurs on some of them.

The largest HMA is the Coyote Lake / Alvord Tule Springs complex at 553,603 acres, while the smallest is Hog Creek, at 21,844 acres.

Stocking rates vary from 5.0 animals per thousand acres at Cold Springs HMA to 0.4 animals per thousand acres at Warm Springs HMA.

BLM Wants to Send Mustangs to Kool-Aid Land?

There is a piece in the Huffington Post today about the transfer of BLM horses to Guyana and Russia. No link will be provided, as the HP is demonic, a liberal/modernist/progressive trumpet and vector of sodomy and abortion.

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But you can read about it at the Wild Horse Freedom Federation, whose staff apparently have no problems working with the sickos at HP.

2018 WSHE – BLM Mustangs

This year’s Western States Horse Expo featured four saddle-ready mustangs. They were trained by inmates at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove, CA, and ridden by staff of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Wild Horse Program.