Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 7

The incident started on October 28. Results through November 3:

Location: Devil’s Garden Plateau WHT
AML: 402
Pre-gather population: Between 651 and 998
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter and bait
Goals: Capture 500, remove 500
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize the mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Captured: 107, up from 73 on Day 5
Shipped: Unknown
Released: Unknown
Deaths: Unknown
Average daily take: 15.3
Unaccounted-for animals: Unknown

Results for Day 6 were not given.

The death rate cannot be determined.

There is no breakdown of capture total.

The percentage of foals cannot be determined.

The ratio of males to females is unknown.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

Body conditions scores have been averaging 5, an indication that the horses are not starving and the herd has not exceeded the ability of the land to sustain it.

The roundup will achieve a thriving ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands, codewords for ranching superiority in the lawful home of wild horses.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 5.

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Triple B Roundup, Day 3

The incident started on November 2. Results through November 4:

Scope: Triple B Complex
Target: Wild horses
AML: 889
Pre-gather population: 3,335
True AML: 4,551
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Capture goal: 2,255
Removal goal: 2,155
Captured: 243, up from 81 on Day 1
Shipped: 165, up from zero on Day 1
Released: None
Deaths: 1, no change from Day 1
Average daily take: 81.0
Unaccounted-for animals: 77
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 Day 3 report indicates 122 horses shipped but the breakdown yields 120.

The death rate is 0.4%.

The capture total includes 83 stallions, 105 mares and 55 foals.

Youngsters represented 22.6% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 44.1% were male and 55.9% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

Three HMAs are affected.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

Up to 50 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine and released back to the range with up to 50 stallions.

The number of doses and the interval between treatments were not specified, leaving open the possibility that the Complex will become another GonaCon crime scene.

RELATED: Triple B Roundup in Progress.

How Many Wild Horses Can Jakes Wash HA Support?

Identified for wild horses but managed principally for livestock, Jakes Wash covers 153,662 public acres 12 miles west of Ely, NV. It’s part of the Pancake Complex.

Table 5 in the Draft EA for the new HMAP gives the percentage of four overlapping allotments inside the HA.

The Allotment Master Report provides management status, acreage and active AUMs.

Jakes Wash Forage Calcs 11-05-24

Livestock receive an estimated 10,003 AUMs inside the HA, assuming the resource is evenly distributed across the allotments, enough to sustain 834 wild horses.

The stocking rate would be 5.4 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 horses per thousand public acres.

How many wild horses will be allowed in the HA when the new HMAP is complete?

None. The AML will still be zero and the land will be managed principally for livestock.

The horses will be viewed as pests and pest control measures will be applied as needed.

The advocates would have you believe that most wild horse problems can be traced to lack of HMAPs.

If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Tom Plain, Indian Jake, et al

The allotments overlap the Jakes Wash HA in eastern Nevada, part of the Pancake Complex. Refer to Section 3.7 of the Draft EA for the new HMAP.

The forage assigned to horses is zero.

How many wild horses could live there?

The Allotment Master Report provides management status, acreage and active AUMs.

Jakes Wash Allotment Calcs 11-04-24

The Jakes Unit Trail passes through the area according to the National Data Viewer but this has been ignored.

The allotments offer 15,722 active AUMs on 202,421 public acres.

Approximately 60% of the land is in the Improve category.

Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 1,310, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

The stocking rate would be 6.5 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

Your faithful public servants claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The advocates bolster the narrative with their darting programs.

If the allotments were an HMA, the AML would be 202 and 1,108 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

BLM allotments in Nevada carry livestock equivalent to 173,144 wild horses on 40,194,360 public acres, or 4.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Wild horses can be placed on public lands not identified for their use by acquiring base properties associated with grazing allotments and flipping the preference to horses, as American Prairie did for bison in Montana.

Mustang Monday

At the southern edge of the Virginia Range with pijnacker01.

Reminder: December 3 Is Defund the Advocates Day

Obsessed with pesticides and HMAPs, they protect the ranchers not wild horses.

Holding conferences in Reno or anywhere else will not produce the required knowledge.

Blind Leading the Blind 10-17-24

They are the old guard, leaders of the blind, and don’t deserve a penny of your support.

Triple B Roundup in Progress

The incident started on November 2, one day later than scheduled, with 81 horses captured, none shipped, none released and one death.

RELATED: Triple B Roundup Announced.

What’s Next for Sands Basin, Four Mile Wild Horses?

They’re not going back on the range anytime soon according to the following report by KIVI News.

Now that they’re off the range, your faithful public servants are taking the opportunity to treat the mares with GonaCon Equine.

Some horses will be held back for adoption.

You wouldn’t want the poor ranchers to suffer, right?

The reporter did not indicate if two doses would be given 30 days apart, typical for the BLM, which would constitute unlawful use of the pesticide.

Starting a Nonprofit That Actually Helps Wild Horses

Where would you get ideas for your business model?

Forget about the advocates. They’re obsessed with pesticides and HMAPs. They want the ranchers to win.

Sanctuaries help the bureaucrats move wild horses off the range. They represent victory for the ranchers and failure for the horses.

Adoption and training free-up space in the off-range corrals so more wild horses can be removed from their lawful homes. Another dead end.

Mustang Monument provides a few hints.

The project would end permitted grazing on the Spruce Allotment. This is good, put it on the list of desired characteristics.

The land ratio is excellent, 14,000 deeded acres provide access to over 500,000 public acres. Another item for the list.

Three HMAs were threatened. Spruce-Pequop would probably be lost. Unacceptable.

The new herd would consist of 900 nonreproducing animals. Unacceptable if you’re trying to preserve the bloodlines for future generations.

American Prairie purchases base properties tied to public lands to achieve their conservation goals, a technique they call “leverage.”

The aim of the new nonprofit would be to displace privately owned cattle and sheep from America’s public lands by acquiring deeded acreage associated therewith and flipping the grazing preference to wild horses (or burros).

Highly leveraged properties, with land ratios of ten or more public acres for every private acre, are most desirable.

They should not overlap areas identified for wild horses and burros.

With the ranchers out of the picture, other techniques, such as the reintroduction of predators and self-managing herds, can be considered to promote genetic diversity while keeping the breeding populations in balance with their environment.

Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 5

The incident started on October 28. Results through November 1:

Location: Devil’s Garden Plateau WHT
AML: 402
Pre-gather population: Between 651 and 998
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter and bait
Goals: Capture 500, remove 500
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Captured: 73
Shipped: Unknown
Released: Unknown
Deaths: None
Average daily take: 14.6
Unaccounted-for animals: Unknown

There is no breakdown of capture total.

The percentage of foals cannot be determined.

The ratio of males to females is unknown.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

Body conditions scores have been averaging 5, an indication that the horses are not starving and the herd has not exceeded the ability of the land to sustain it.

The roundup will achieve a thriving ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands, codewords for ranching superiority in the lawful home of wild horses.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 3.

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Socialist Media Update for October 2024

Traffic from Facebook and Twitter accounted for 2.3% of the total during the month, down considerably from the same period two years ago.

Except for a small blip on October 25, there was no traffic from Facebook after October 11.

Did you know the Triple B Complex can support 4,500 wild horses?

You didn’t hear that from the advocates.

Instead of defending the horses they defend the ranchers.

The aim of socialist media is to get you to vote for liberals.

Traffic from Socialist Media October 2024

Foal-Free Friday, Strange But True Edition

Despite the growing number of sterilized mares and high rate of predation, foals are easier to find on the Virginia Range than principled advocates.

How can you start a nonprofit and attract a large following yet be so lacking in integrity?

Pesticide Pushers 07-17-23

Trout Creek Base Property Available for $3.45 Million

Situated in southern Oregon along the Nevada border, Cottonwood Ranch lies in the western foothills of the Trout Creek Mountains.

The property covers 1,027 deeded acres with grazing preference on the Sandhills Allotment.

The listing refers to the East and West Sandhills Allotments but RAS and the National Data Viewer refer only to the Sandhills Allotment.

The Allotment Master Report puts it in the Maintain category with 2,294 active AUMs on 12,462 public acres.

The NDV shows two parcels with a combined acreage of 18,146.

Western Horse Watchers asked the Burns office about the discrepancy on October 28 but as of today has received no reply.

The Authorization Use Report shows a small allowance for horse grazing.

A buyer could ask the BLM to flip the remaining AUMs to horses and extend the grazing season to 12 months as Wild Horse Refuge did in Colorado.

That resource would support 2,294 ÷ 12 = 191 wild horses.

The land ratio is good, roughly 1,000 deeded acres give access to somewhere between 12,000 and 18,000 public acres.

At Mustang Monument in Nevada, 14,000 deeded acres secured access to over 500,000 public acres but the BLM did not flip the preference to horses as originally planned.

Pancake EA Refers to Outdated GonaCon Registration

The discussion of PZP and Gonacon begins at the bottom of page 146 in the Draft EA.

References to the EPA registrations appear on page 147:

The EPA-required product label associated with the registration for ZonaStat-H is cited in the EA as EPA (2012)
The EPA-required product label associated with the registration for GonaCon-Equine is cited in the EA as EPA (2013)

In 2012 Zonastat-H (PZP) was a restricted-use pesticide.

It’s true today and explains why the advocates spend three days at the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception.

The EA reiterates the policy on page 148: In keeping with the EPA registration for ZonaStat-H (EPA 2012; reg. no. 6833-1), certification through the Science and Conservation Center in Billings Montana is required to apply that vaccine to equids.

In 2013 GonaCon was an RUP. There should be a similar remark about certification on page 148 or 149 but it’s not there.

The 30-day interval between doses on page 151 is consistent with the 2013 registration.

The RUP designation and certification requirement were dropped in 2017.

Like the Kiger-Riddle EA, the BLM appears to be crafting a plan based on an à la carte reading of the EPA registrations.

The advocates will likely dispute the claim on page 145 that contraception alone does not remove excess horses from an HMA’s population, as they are proving otherwise at the Salt River and Virginia Range.

Mass Sterilization and Motorized Removal 08-10-24

Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 3

The incident started on October 28. Results through October 30:

Location: Devil’s Garden Plateau WHT
AML: 402
Pre-gather population: Between 651 and 998
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Goals: Capture 500, remove 500
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Captured: 49
Shipped: Unknown
Released: Unknown
Deaths: None
Average daily take: 16.3
Unaccounted-for animals: Unknown

Figures for Day 2 were not provided.

The percentage of foals cannot be determined.

The ratio of males to females is unknown.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Begins.

EA for Pancake HMAP Out for Public Review

Like the Antelope-Triple B HMAP, the project provides more evidence that the advocates are ill-informed about wild horses.

The overriding objective of the new plan is to maintain a thriving ecological balance and multiple-use relationship in the Complex, codewords for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses. Refer to Appendix XIII of the Draft EA.

Alternative A, the Proposed Action, would implement the plan, putting these techniques into practice:

Forcible removal to low AML
Application of fertility control (PZP, Gonacon, IUDs)
Skewing of sex ratios (60% males / 40% females)

Comments, due by November 29, can be emailed to the address in the news release.

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Monolith Stands Watch Over Teterville Horses

The BLM sends wild horses to two off-range pastures near Teterville, a ghost town east of Cassoday KS.

If those are mares at 0:45, it would be Teterville West.

The population as of September 1 was 332 according to the facility report.

The agency removes wild horses from their lawful homes in the American west and holds them at facilities like this one at a cost of two dollars per head per day so it can collect 4.5 cents per head per day from ranchers who graze livestock in their stead.

Murderer’s Creek DNA Out for Public Review

The project folder now contains a draft DNA which asserts that existing planning documents fully cover bait-trap removal of 350 to 400 wild horses from a herd of 659 in and around the JMA.

Livestock grazing will be deferred for two years in pastures with a high percentage of burned area to allow vegetation to recover.

The map suggests that about 40% of the JMA was affected.

Comments will be accepted through November 5.