Piute Mountain Roundup, Day 8

The incident started on May 31. Results through June 7:

Scope: Piute Mountain HA
Target: Burros
Type: Emergency
Method: Bait
Goals: Gather 50, remove 50
Captured: 20, up from 5 on Day 1
Shipped: 20, up from 5 on Day 1
Released: None
Deaths: None
Average daily take: 2.5
Unaccounted-for animals: None

The figures above are based on the daily reports, which do not include customary details for jacks, jennies and foals.

No activity was reported between May 31 and June 6.

The HA is not managed for wild burros but is subject to permitted grazing.

Forage liberated to date: 120 AUMs per year
Water liberated to date: 100 gallons per day

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

BLM Rep Channels Mark Twain in KNPR Interview

There are no voices for the horses in the 26-minute audio segment, only defeatists, pesticide pushers and ranching sympathizers.

There are, however, some tall tales you might find interesting, starting at 7:44.

Everybody should read the WHB Act (8:42). Even though it no longer affords the protections sought by Velma. Like the 2019 “Path Forward,” it’s a plan for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses.

You can’t compare livestock to horses, it not apples-to-apples (9:30). This is nonsense, an attempt to divert attention from the real problem. They are head-to-head competitors for the same resources.

There are 38,000 wild horses and burros on BLM lands in Nevada (10:20). The agency authorizes livestock equivalent to 173,144 wild horses in its allotments.

There are 3,000 to 6,000 wild horses on the Virginia Range (10:32). Why not shoot for the moon? Call it 3,000 to 30,000, with a stocking rate of up to 100 animals per thousand acres.

If a spring produces five gallons of water per hour that’s 24 gallons per day, enough to support 24 horses (12:07). This suggests they’re being taken off the range is not because of drought but because of innumeracy.

The Maverick-Medicine HMA hasn’t been grazed since the 1980s but they still have an allotment in that area with 300,000 AUMs (14:01). The National Data Viewer shows most of the acreage comes from seven allotments. Odgers, representing about 8% of the HMA, is the only one with no active AUMs. The others offer 13,336 AUMs per year, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The conflict between wild horses and livestock can be alleviated by restoring the WHB Act to its original form and giving them principal use of their land, but that never seems to enter the discussion, even when the advocates are involved.

Foal-Free Friday, Race to the Bottom Edition

The advocates, led by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, are trying to prove that the Montana Solution is a viable alternative to motorized removal.

Behind the effort is a belief that there are too many wild horses on public lands in the Western U.S., that the bureaucrats are correct, and that the animals need to be removed from their lawful homes (in favor of privately owned livestock).

This view is held almost universally across their cohort.

We Want the Ranchers to Win 04-04-24

As stated previously, the AML of the wild horse and burro program would have to be increased from roughly 27,000 to nearly 189,000 to match the resource loading of the grazing program.

The land can support many more animals than the government admits, enough to empty all of the off-range corrals and long-term pastures several times over.

But the advocates are undeterred.

They continue to pummel the Salt River and Virginia Range mares with ovary-killing pesticides in the hope that the bureaucrats and ranchers will see the world their way.

Then they can spread the poison to other areas, at a complete loss of whatever credibility and legitimacy remain, along with the herds themselves.

CAAWH Membership Card Exposed 01-01-24

They are phonies, leaders of the blind, unworthy of your financial support.

When Will Virginia Range Advocates Hit Ten Thousand?

Yesterday’s report put the total at 9,332 doses of PZP given to 2,030 mares since 2019, consisting of 2,517 primers and 6,815 boosters.

The field workers apply about five doses per day, rain or shine, so the goal should be reached in (10,000 – 9,332) ÷ 5 = 134 days, or about 4.5 months.

The October report should be the winner.

The mares will have received five doses apiece, enough to send the herd into irreversible decline like Assateague Island.

This is how the advocates save wild horses.

Pesticide Pushers 07-17-23

Salt River Ringleader Lectures Floaters About Family Bands

What a fraud! There are no families because there are no foals, thanks to her and her and her band of merrymen.

The Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group is an affiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal.

Virginia Range Darting Update for May 2024

The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal, reported today that 189 mares received 192 doses of PZP during the month, 41 given as a primer and 151 as a booster.

Over the life of the program, which began in 2019, the advocates have pumped 9,332 doses of the pesticide into 2,030 mares, for an average of 4.6 doses per mare.

Since the beginning of the year, 119 foals have been born and 16 died.

The current population is thought to be 3,502, with 310 horses listed as missing, compared to 3,519 with 370 listed as missing in April.

The population was 3,480 with 353 horses listed as missing in March and 3,444 with 338 listed as missing in February.

The agreement with NDA was extended for a sixth year effective May 1 but it has not been posted to the darting resources page.

The goal for June is to shrink the herd by maximizing booster treatments to prevent pregnancies (and praying for the older horses to die).

Protecting Them From Removal 12-03-23

Not discussed:

Long-term population goal
Number of viable mares
Size of breeding population
Loss of genetic diversity
Changes in death rate and sex ratio
Unlawful use of pesticides

PZP tricks the immune system into destroying the ovaries.

After five years of treatment, the birth rate will no longer be able to keep up with the death rate and the herd will slide into irreversible decline.

The report will be submitted to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.

Adjectives for Pests 12-01-23

Bordo Atravesado Roundup, Day 34

The incident started on May 1. Results through June 3:

Scope: Bordo Atravesado HMA
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
AML: 60
Estimated population: 276
Goals: Gather 235, remove 225
Captured: 222, up from 213 on Day 28
Shipped: 63, up from zero on Day 28
Released: None
Deaths: 7, no change from Day 28
Average daily take: 6.5
Unaccounted-for animals: 152

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported between May 30 and June 3.

The death rate is 3.2%.

The capture total includes 111 stallions, 84 mares and 27 foals.

Youngsters represented 12.2% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of seven percent per year.

Of the adults, 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The destination of shipped animals was not specified.

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

Forage: 2,664 AUMs per year
Water: 2,220 gallons per day

Ten mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, and be returned to the range according to the latest schedule.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

National Data Viewer Still Down

Most of layers are inactive as of this morning.

On the bright side, the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception is up and running, which is great news for the advocates.

Caliente Roundup, Day 50

The incident started on April 16. Results through June 4:

Scope: Caliente Complex
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
Captured: 282, up from 252 on Day 43
Shipped: 270, up from 207 on Day 43
Released: None
Deaths: 9, no change from Day 43
Average daily take: 5.6
Unaccounted-for animals: 3

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported on Days 45, 46 and 49.

The death rate is 3.2%.

The capture total includes 118 stallions, 118 mares and 46 foals.

Youngsters represented 16.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.

Of the adults, 50% were male and 50% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

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

Forage: 3,384 AUMs per year
Water: 2,820 gallons per day

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

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 43.

Currituck Advocates Send New Filly to Beach in the Sky

The darting program may be on hold but that didn’t stop them from snuffing out new life.

She was rejected by her mom and found with another mare according to a report dated June 4 by The Virginian-Pilot.

The story did not indicate if the incident was related to the use of PZP to control birth rates and breeding patterns.

The herd of roughly 100 has produced eight foals this year, indicating a small breeding population, large number of nonviable mares and loss of genetic diversity.

Piute Mountain Emergency Roundup in Progress

The BLM announced today that bait trapping began on May 31.

Operations are not open to public observation.

The capture and removal goals were not given.

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

The gather page indicates five burros captured to date.

The HA lies within the Lazy Daisy Allotment on the south side of I-40 east of Barstow, CA but before the Nevada state line.

The AML is zero.

The National Data Viewer and RAS are down. The Western Watersheds map shows the arrangement.

UPDATE: Lazy Daisy offers 3,192 active AUMs on 284,533 public acres according to the Allotment Master Report.

Group Calls for Cancellation of North Lander Roundup

Equine Collaborative International issued two news released on EIN (June 3 | June 4) suggesting the incident is not warranted and that it be called off until fully investigated by an impartial agency.

The history and credibility of the group are unknown.

The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and nearby towns. Click on image to open in new tab. Allotments omitted for clarity.

The roundup, which supports three tenets of rangeland management, begins on July 1 according to the latest schedule.

If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Buzzard and Bar Eleven

The two allotments, located north of Rawlins, WY and east of the Green Mountain HMA, offer 22,832 active AUMs on 103,511 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The forage assigned to horses is zero.

How many wild horses could live there?

Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 22,832 ÷ 12 = 1,903, 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 1,903 ÷ 103,511 × 1,000 = 18.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

The bureaucrats and ranchers 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 ratify the narrative with their darting programs.

If the allotments were an HMA, the AML would be 103, and 1,903 – 103 = 1,800 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

Curiously, the LDS Church holds all of the active AUMs on Bar Eleven.

BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 158,425 wild horses on 17,312,214 public acres, or 9.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.

BLM Trims FY24 Roundup Plan

The February 1 schedule now says June 3.

The capture and removal goals are 20,939 and 19,614, compared to 21,853 and 20,510 on March 5.

Kiger, Riddle, Antelope Hills, Lost Creek and Little Book Cliffs have been dropped.

The changes may have been prompted by a 4% budget cut earlier this year.

RELATED: BLM Tweaks FY24 Roundup Plan.

WSHE Starts This Week

The event runs from June 7 to June 9 at the Murieta Equestrian Center in Rancho Murieta, CA.

Gates open at 9:00 AM.

The schedule includes a mustang demo at 9:30 on Day 1 but it’s not clear who will be presenting and if BLM staff will be on site to interact with the public.

Monty Roberts Reflects on Time with Horses

Story by KEYT News of Santa Barbara.

Hitchhiking Bird Video Reaches 50% Favorability

As of this morning, there were 17 likes and 17 dislikes, up from 10 and 15 a few days ago.

Thanks for your continued support!

TIME Looks at Wild Horse Politics

The BLM has been captured by the cattlemen according to the June 3 report.

They look at the horses as pests, something to get rid of, and something that infringes on the ranchers.

So do the advocates and their political allies, not mentioned in the article.

They want to get rid of them with PZP, a restricted-use pesticide that tricks the immune system into destroying the ovaries.

Better Way 10-25-23

“Despite the mythologies of the West, herd management is done more by aircraft than lasso these days. And it’s often handled by the same companies intent on making room for their own cattle to roam, a twisted insiders’ game that lets the giant mega-ranchers cash in not just on flying the helicopters that clear the area, but then again with pennies-on-the-dollar deals to allow private cattle and sheep to graze on public lands.”

“The money behind it seems like a loop between bureaucrats, ranchers, and their helicopter pilots in a closed system that nefariously protects cattle and sheep at the expense of horses.”

Nobody wants to pick a fight with the ranchers, especially in an election year.

They have strong sympathy among voters, which should be easy to change.

Public-lands ranching is government dependency and redistribution of wealth, hallmarks of socialism, which most Americans reject.

No more gravy train, no more sucking on the government teat.

PSA 12-07-19