Reports for the January 7 meeting have been copied to the Advisory Board home page.
RELATED: Next WHBAB Meeting Set for Early January.
UPDATE: The event will be livestreamed starting at 8 AM local time.
Author: Western Horse Watchers
Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 35
The incident started on November 29. Results through January 2:
- Scope: Murderer’s Creek HMA, WHT
- Target: Wild horses
- AML: 140
- Pre-gather population: 650
- True AML: TBD
- Type: Emergency
- Method: Bait
- Capture goal: 350 – 400
- Removal goal: 350 – 400
- Captured: 193, up from 190 on Day 31
- Shipped: 186, up from 168 on Day 31
- Released: None
- Deaths: 4, no change from Day 31
- Average daily take: 5.5
- Unaccounted-for animals: 3
- 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
No reports were given for Days 33 and 34.
The death rate is 2.1%.
The capture total includes 66 stallions, 84 mares and 43 foals.
Youngsters represented 22.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year. The Rule of 72 says the herd size will double in 4.2 years.
Of the adults, 44.0% were male and 56.0% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio in the population at large.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
The name of the contractor was not provided.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
No decisions have made regarding the long-term disposition of horses, which means they could be treated or altered in off range holding, including the stallions.
The status of livestock grazing in the burned area is not known.
RELATED: Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 31.
Foal-Free Friday, R.I.P. Edition
The 118th Congress has termed out and with it two bills that threatened wild horses.
Tell your elected representatives you want wild horses managed the way Velma and the 92nd Congress intended, not the way the advocates and their political allies envision.
Socialist Media Update for December 2024
Traffic from Facebook and Twitter accounted for 8.6% of the total during the month, consistent with the new normal established a year and a half ago.
Western Horse Watchers is not on socialist media and never will be.
RELATED: Socialist Media Update for November 2024.
Moffat County Base Property Available for $14.4 Million
Sevens Ranch offers 17,666 deeded acres intermixed with 49,557 acres of BLM and State lands for a total of 67,223, according to the listing.
The map indicates it has preference on the Disappointment and Cedar Springs Draw allotments.
The Allotment Master Report puts both in the Improve category but shows no active AUMs on either, contrary to the agent’s description.
The allotment dataset posted last April shows 1,610 active AUMs on 22,304 public acres for Disappointment and 2,758 active AUMs on 20,161 public acres for Cedar Springs Draw, equivalent to 364 wild horses on 42,465 public acres, or 8.6 wild horses per thousand public acres. (Our faithful public servants tell us that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand public acres.)
Buyers should ask the Little Snake Field Office about the AUM discrepancy.
The ranch might be a candidate for Colorado’s new wild horse preserve.
The land ratio is 2.8 public acres for every deeded acre, so it’s close.
Wild horses can be placed on public lands not identified for their use by acquiring private property associated with grazing allotments and flipping the preference to horses as Wild Horse Refuge did at Rio Ro Mo Ranch.
New Year, Same Lies
The advocates never stop.
PZP is a restricted-use pesticide that tricks the immune system into attacking the ovaries, resulting in sterility after five years of treatment.
RELATED: If PZP Is Reversible, Why Is the Assateague Herd Still Shrinking?
Fish Creek Gather Page Created
The action begins on or about January 6.
Go to this page for the daily reports.
RELATED: Fish Creek Roundup Announced.
Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 31
The incident started on November 29. Results through December 29:
- Scope: Murderer’s Creek HMA, WHT
- Target: Wild horses
- AML: 140
- Pre-gather population: 650
- True AML: TBD
- Type: Emergency
- Method: Bait
- Capture goal: 350 – 400
- Removal goal: 350 – 400
- Captured: 190, up from 183 on Day 25
- Shipped: 168, no change from Day 25
- Released: None
- Deaths: 4, no change from Day 25
- Average daily take: 6.1
- Unaccounted-for animals: 18
- 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
No reports were given for Days 26 through 30.
The death rate is 2.1%.
The capture total includes 66 stallions, 82 mares and 42 foals.
Youngsters represented 22.1% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year. The Rule of 72 says the herd size will double in 4.2 years.
Of the adults, 44.6% were male and 55.4% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
The name of the contractor was not provided.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
No decisions have made regarding the long-term disposition of horses, which means they could be treated or altered in off range holding, including the stallions.
The status of livestock grazing in the burned area is not known.
RELATED: Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 25.
Walden Base Property Available for $13.5 Million
Double R Ranch covers 3,676 deeded acres with grazing privileges on 9,570 acres of BLM land and 640 acres of state land according to the listing.
The deeded acreage includes 2,350 acres of irrigated hay meadows and 908 acres of irrigated and sub-irrigated pastures.
The map suggests it has preference on the Playa, Verner East, Peterson Ridge West, Tointon and Fish Hatchery allotments.
RAS ties them to authorization #0500505, which also includes Headquarters, Verner West and Beaver Creek.
The Allotment Master Report indicates they offer a combined 852 active AUMs on 9,401 public acres, equivalent to 71 wild horses or 7.6 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Hay production may allow the numbers to go higher.
The ranch might be a candidate for Colorado’s wild horse preserve.
RELATED: Criteria for Colorado’s New Wild Horse Preserve.
Criteria for Colorado’s New Wild Horse Preserve
Base properties would be the ideal candidates.
- Must include public lands
- Must displace livestock therefrom
- Each deeded acre should control at least three public acres
- Doesn’t overlap areas identified for wild horses
The need for a state preserve was identified by the Colorado Wild Horse Working Group earlier this year. Refer to their Year One Report for more information.
RELATED: Colorado Wild Horse Working Group Releases Year One Report.
Mustang Monday
New Year’s Resolution That Helps Wild Horses
Defund the advocates.
They are defeatists, pesticide pushers and ranching sympathizers.
Resolve now to cut them off.
RELATED: If You Want to Help the Ranchers Give Money to the Advocates.
Reiterating: Sanctuaries Are Not the Answer
In general, they represent victory for the ranchers and failure for the horses, which is why the advocates like them.
There is a special case, however, where they should be considered: The deeded acreage has preference on one or more grazing allotments.
These properties give you more value for your investment.
Each private acre should control three or more public acres.
They should not overlap areas identified for wild horses.
If they don’t displace livestock from public lands, they’re not worthy of your support.
RELATED: Starting a Nonprofit That Actually Helps Wild Horses.
President of Pine Nut Advocates Sells Land in Buckeye Allotment
The APNs of her high-end parcels tell you they’re in Township 12, Range 21, Sections 4 and 5.
That puts them in the Buckeye Allotment.
The seller, who will pay her commission, holds most of the active AUMs therein.
You wouldn’t want the resource lost to the equine pests, right?
Please donate if you want this charade to continue.
RELATED: President of Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates Compromised?
BLM Seeks On-Range Branch Chief for WHB Program
The job posting will close on January 9 or after 50 applications have been received, whichever comes first.
Salary ranges from $124,531 to $161,889 per year.
The position reports to the Division Chief, Wild Horse and Burro Program.
President of Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates Compromised?
Let’s take a look at some of the higher-dollar listings in her inventory.
- APN 1221-05-002-034, owned by BENTLY FAMILY LTD PARTNERSHIP
- APN 1221-04-001-012, ditto
- APN 1221-04-002-001, ditto
- APN 1221-04-002-020, ditto
- APN 1221-04-001-031, ditto
At a 3% commission, she will collect around $129,000 from the seller, who holds most of the active AUMs in the Buckeye Allotment.
Would that explain her involvement in the “strong birth control program?”
The Fish Springs herd roams in the Pine Nut Mountains HA, an area zeroed out for wild horses but not for livestock.
The bogus land trust operated by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, with whom she affiliates, overlaps the Buckeye and Pine Nut Allotments, another area zeroed out for wild horses but not for livestock.
RELATED: Conflict of Interest at Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates?
CAAWH Seeks Virginia Range Volunteer Coordinator?
The announcement does not indicate if it’s a new role or an existing one vacated by someone who finally came to her senses.
The successful candidate will
- Recruit volunteers for the mass sterilization program
- Foster relationships with businesses and landowners
- Become a certified PZP darter
- Manage inventory and order supplies for volunteers
- Educate the public about nonmotorized removal
You need strong organizational and people skills, an ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and a bachelor’s degree.
Salary not specified.
You need not be aborting/contracepting/sterilizing in your own life but that would definitely be a plus.
RELATED: CAAWH Going Dark on Virginia Range Sterilization Program?
Foal-Free Friday, Women Fleecing Women Edition
Most wild horse advocacy groups are run by women.
Most of their supporters are women.
The women on the inside are evil.
The women on the outside are stupid.
The women on the inside try to convince the women on the outside that they care about wild horses and that the outsiders should give the insiders more money.
See for example the running record of news flashes from the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses published by Lucky Three Ranch.
The insiders use the funds to buy pesticides while telling the outsiders they should feel good about themselves for supporting a worthy cause.
The outsiders don’t realize they’ve been swindled and that the insiders are colluding with the bureaucrats and ranchers to get rid of the horses.
RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Mergers and Acquisitions Edition.
Colorado Wild Horse Working Group Releases Year One Report
An story by The Colorado Sun provided the link.
Recommendations start on page 8.
The membership list is on page 16.
Check out the management model on page 24.
The only thing missing is a feedback loop that tests for rancher satisfaction.
The article said the group has asked for better data from the federal government.
Of critical use would be the forage allocations for horses and livestock.
The group has discussed creating a state-run sanctuary, where the public could see horses that had been removed from the wild, but the topic has stalled in recent months due to the high cost of purchasing land.
If the search is limited to base properties—private acreage tied to grazing allotments on public lands—the group could get more value for its investment, a technique known as leverage.
Look for properties where the deeded acreage gives access to at least three times as much public acreage.
Then flip the preference to horses.
Like the forage allocations, ranchers and ranching sympathizers on the committee would probably oppose this line of pursuit.
That’s how you know it’s the right thing to do.
Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 25
The incident started on November 29. Results through December 23:
- Scope: Murderer’s Creek HMA, WHT
- Target: Wild horses
- AML: 140
- Pre-gather population: 650
- True AML: TBD
- Type: Emergency
- Method: Bait
- Capture goal: 350 – 400
- Removal goal: 350 – 400
- Captured: 183, up from 166 on Day 21
- Shipped: 168, up from 129 on Day 21
- Released: None
- Deaths: 4, no change from Day 21
- Average daily take: 7.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: 11
- 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 2.2%.
The capture total includes 63 stallions, 79 mares and 41 foals.
Youngsters represented 22.4% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year. The Rule of 72 says the herd size will double in 4.2 years.
Of the adults, 44.4% were male and 55.6% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
The name of the contractor was not provided.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
No decisions have made regarding the long-term disposition of horses, which means they could be treated or altered in off range holding, including the stallions.
The status of livestock grazing in the burned area is not known.
RELATED: Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 21.
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