Pancake Emergency Roundup in Progress

The incident started July 24, two days later than expected, with 36 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.

OUTDOOR LIFE Interviews Jackie Hughes

The challenger to the Salt River management contract discusses her experiences trapping wild horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves forest in this 65-minute podcast.

Funds from the Forest Service are not unlimited so she receives financial support from “conservation groups” to carry out her work.

If AZDA wants rapid decline in the size of the Salt River herd, she’d be a good option.

BLM Delays Salt Wells Creek Roundup

The incident, set to begin on August 25, has been postponed according to a story by Wyoming News.

Adobe Town Roundup, Day 9

The incident started on July 15. Results through July 23:

Scope: Adobe Town HMA
Target: Horses
AML: 536 (was 800)
Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,382 according to 2025 population dataset
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize the mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Capture goal: 1,675
Removal goal: 1,675
Captured: 858, up from 641 on Day 7
Shipped: 588, up from 413 on Day 7
Released: None
Deaths: 4, no change from Day 7
Average daily take: 95.3
Unaccounted-for animals: 266
Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

The death rate is 0.5%.

The capture total includes 317 stallions, 352 mares and 189 foals. A mule caught on Day 7 is not included in the total.

Youngsters represented 22.0% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not given.

The shipping destination was not disclosed.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:

Forage: 10,296 AUMs per year
Water: 8,580 gallons per day

The map shows the Rock Springs HMAs before the RMP amendments, which were halted by an appeals court ruling on July 15. Click to enlarge.

RELATED: Adobe Town Roundup, Day 7.

Narratives, Collusion Drive Wild Horse Reporting

The unspoken word in news circles, apparently, is if you’re doing a story about wild horses, go to the Bureau of Livestock Multiplication and the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses for comments.

Even Google—an appendage of the Democrat Party—is in on it.

Think of it as JournoList for wild horses.

Those who try to expose the deceit are censored.

Exhibit #1, a report by KRNV News on the Lahontan Management Plan, featuring the genetic diversity narrative and overpopulation narrative.

The first interview is with Tracy Wilson, defeatist, pesticide pusher and overseer of the largest attempted wild horse eradication in Nevada, who argues that the AML is too small to support genetic diversity and should be at least 150.

Unfortunately, herd size is poor indicator of genetic viability. Breeding population is more important. An AML of 500 would be too small if you’re poisoning the mares with PZP, the raison d’être of CAAWH.

Next, the camera turns to Holley Kline of the BLM who says there are far more wild horses than the land can support, which is misleading.

There are more wild horses than allowed by plan and they’re robbing forage from high net worth individuals who receive generous government benefits with no means testing.

Exhibit #2, a report by KLAS News on FY26 appropriations affecting wild horses, featuring the fertility control narrative.

Suzanne Roy, Wilson’s boss, said the BLM should “make humane management—not removals—the foundation of its program,” implying that fertility control is not removal, even though wild horse numbers go down as the advocates pummel the mares with pesticide-laced darts.

Impact of Court Order on Rock Springs Roundups?

They may go on as scheduled due to overpopulation but the AMLs would revert to their previous values so the capture and removal goals should go down.

Adobe Town: 536 → 800
Divide Basin: 0 → 600
Salt Wells Creek: 0 → 365

The number of horses removed could be reduced by 1,229.

The title of largest attempted eradication of wild horses would shift to the advocates at the Salt River and Virginia Range.

Adobe Town Roundup, Day 7

The incident started on July 15. Results through July 21:

Scope: Adobe Town HMA
Target: Horses
AML: 536 (was 800)
Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,382 according to 2025 population dataset
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize the mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Capture goal: 1,675
Removal goal: 1,675
Captured: 641, up from 409 on Day 5
Shipped: 413, up from 170 on Day 5
Released: None
Deaths: 4, up from 1 on Day 5
Average daily take: 91.6
Unaccounted-for animals: 224
Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

A mare was found dead in a trailer on Day 6. Another mare died in a trailer on Day 7 and a foal died in the trap, lifting the death rate is 0.6%.

The capture total includes 216 stallions, 277 mares and 148 foals. A mule was caught on Day 7, not included in the total.

Youngsters represented 23.1% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 43.8% were male and 56.2% were female.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not given.

The shipping destination was not disclosed.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:

Forage: 7,692 AUMs per year
Water: 6,410 gallons per day

The map shows the Rock Springs HMAs before the RMP amendments, which were halted by an appeals court decision on July 15. Click to enlarge.

RELATED: Adobe Town Roundup, Day 5.

Pancake Emergency Roundup Starts July 22

The news release says the incident will occur in the northern half of the HMA, an area known as Big Sand Springs Valley, but the ArcGIS Viewer puts it in the south.

The driver is lack of food and water.

The capture and removal goals are 100 each.

Horses will be drawn into the traps with bait.

Operations will not be open to public observation.

Animals identified for removal will be taken to the off-range corrals in Fallon.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The announcement did not indicate if the active AUMs would be reduced in the Duckwater Allotment, which overlaps most of the HMA.

Chincoteague Pony Swim Set for July 30

The event includes new security measures according to a report by Shore Daily News.

The auction occurs on July 31, followed by the return swim on August 1.

The herd, consisting of approximately 150 adults and 60 to 70 foals, lives on the Virginia side of Assateague Island.

Refer to the pony swim guide for more information.

When the event concludes, the herd will look like it’s been treated with the PZP.

Most of the foals will be stripped away except for the buy-backs.

Mustang Monday

At or near the Pokegama HMA with Judy Pichette.

Largest Attempted Eradication of Wild Horses?

The demoting of two HMAs in Wyoming and the downsizing of a third might win the prize in the motorized removal category but the plan was halted by an appeals court decision on July 15.

In the nonmotorized category, the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group and the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses take the prize for their mass sterilization programs at the Salt River and Virginia Range, affecting over 3,500 wild horses.

So, for now, those who accuse the federal government of the largest attempted eradication of wild horses are guilty of it themselves.

Why are you still giving them money?

Adobe Town Roundup, Day 5

The incident started on July 15. Results through July 19:

Scope: Adobe Town HMA
Target: Horses
AML: 536 (was 800)
Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,382 according to 2025 population dataset
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize the mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Capture goal: 1,675
Removal goal: 1,675
Captured: 409, up from 185 on Day 3
Shipped: 170, up from zero on Day 3
Released: None
Deaths: 1, no change from Day 3
Average daily take: 81.8
Unaccounted-for animals: 238
Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

The death rate is 0.2%.

The capture total includes 146 stallions, 176 mares and 87 foals.

Youngsters represented 21.3% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 45.3% were male and 54.7% were female.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not given.

The shipping destination was not disclosed.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:

Forage: 4,908 AUMs per year
Water: 4,090 gallons per day

The map shows the Rock Springs HMAs before the RMP amendments, which were halted by an appeals court ruling on July 15. Click to enlarge.

RELATED: Adobe Town Roundup, Day 3.

How Is the Lahontan HMA Like the Salt River?

You can count the breeding populations on one hand.

The bureaucrats allow seven to ten wild horses in the HMA.

At the Salt River, the advocates have ruined most of the mares with PZP.

Those with faulty immune systems may still be able to bear fruit.

After-Action Report: Mount Charleston Horses Can Stay

Animals not caught in the roundup will be allowed to remain in the area according to a report by Fox5 News of Las Vegas.

Another Protest After Mount Charleston Roundup

Report by KLAS News of Las Vegas.

The location of the holding facility in Utah has not been disclosed.

BLM Issues Lahontan Final Planning Documents

The Decision Record authorizes Alternative 1, the Proposed Action, discussed in Section 2.2 of the Final EA.

This does not mean a roundup is imminent.

A summary of comments on the Draft EA was copied to the project folder.

The news release did not indicate how many of the 518 wild horses in the project area were actually born in the HMA.

Foal-Free Friday, Missing in Action Edition

The advocates no longer talk about the reversibility of PZP because they’ve shifted from slowing population growth to humane disposal.

You cannot use the pesticide for herd reduction, as they are doing at the Salt River and Virginia Range, without sterilizing the mares.

It’s not wild horse conservation, it’s wild horse extermination.

Three Rivers Roundup, Day 39

The incident started on June 9. Results through July 17:

Scope: Alamo, Big Sandy, Havasu HMAs
Target: Burros
AML: 160 + 139 + 166 = 465
Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,644 according to 2025 population dataset
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
Capture goal: 1,100
Removal goal: 1,000
Captured: 811, up from 689 on Day 32
Shipped: 745, up from 665 on Day 32
Released: None
Deaths: 4, up from 3 on Day 32
Average daily take: 20.8
Unaccounted-for animals: 62
Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

A burro died of old age on Day 36, lifting the death rate to 0.5%.

The capture total includes 395 jacks, 353 jennies and 63 foals. The sidebar at the gather page says 397/351/63.

Youngsters represented 7.8% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not provided.

No jennies were treated with PZP since the last report, leaving the total at 78.

The July 1 schedule indicates the designated pesticide was GonaCon Equine.

The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:

Forage: 4,866 AUMs per year
Water: 4,055 gallons per day

These numbers will go down if burros are returned to the range.

RELATED: Three Rivers Roundup, Day 32.

Adobe Town Roundup, Day 3

The incident started on July 15. Results through July 17:

Scope: Adobe Town HMA
Target: Horses
AML: 536 (was 800)
Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,382 according to 2025 population dataset
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Mass sterilization with PZP (according to advocates)
Capture goal: 1,675
Removal goal: 1,675
Captured: 185, up from 38 on Day 1
Shipped: None
Released: None
Deaths: 1, up from zero on Day 1
Average daily take: 61.7
Unaccounted-for animals: 184
Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death