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

Mustang Monday

At Grayson Highlands State Park with the Traveling Tierneys.

Volunteers Continue Pahrump Fence Repair

The project started in May near the intersection of Roadrunner Road and Highway 160.

NDA Extends Virginia Range Mass Sterilization Program

The Animal Industry Report for the June 4 BOA meeting indicates on page two that the agency entered into a sixth-year non-exclusive cooperative agreement running from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025.

The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses operates the search-and-destroy mission on their behalf.

Protect Wild Horses from Advocates 08-29-21

With a dwindling breeding population and growing number of nonviable mares, the tipping point is now within reach, where a decreasing birth rate cannot keep up with an increasing death rate, and the herd slides into irreversible decline like Assateague Island.

This is what the advocates bring to the table, a strategy that appeals only to hunters, ranchers, bureaucrats and their lunatic followers.

RTF Still Looking for Pesticide Pusher, Ranching Sympathizer

The listing on High Country News expired but it’s now running on the Conservation Job Board.

Imagine that, they’re soliciting an exterminator on a conservation web site.

Maybe they should hire a recruiter to poach one from the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses or an affiliate.

Pesticide Pushers 07-17-23

Socialist Media Update for May 2024

Traffic from Facebook and Twitter accounted for 5.0% of the total during the month, down considerably from the same period two years ago.

Did you know the stocking rate of the grazing program is seven times higher than that of the wild horse and burro program?

To put the wild horse and burro program on par with the grazing program, you’d have to increase the AML from approximately 27,000 to nearly 189,000.

You didn’t hear that from the advocates.

Western Horse Watchers brings you the truth about wild horses, resource management and the Love Triangle on America’s public lands.

Traffic from Socialist Media May 2024 06-01-24

Battle of the Thumbs Raging on YouTube

As of this evening, there were ten likes and a 40% favorable rating, suggesting there were fifteen dislikes.

The video was published on May 26 and subscribers were not notified.

What’s Next for TRNP Horses?

A story by KFYR News says “the park service has agreed to leave the horses where they are and to follow their existing environmental assessment,” which means they’ll enforce the current management plan, limiting the herd to 60 or less.

This is like throwing a fresh piece of meat to the advocates.

Getting Rid of Wild Horses Is Our Job 10-14-23

SOWH Releases Videos from Reno Conference

If the keynote address is any indication, you didn’t miss much.

Instead of condemning the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its mass sterilization program on the Virginia Range, there was praise for its good work (19:33).

Instead of trying to change the system (22:24), change the statute, restoring it to its original form.

Regarding the Veterans for Pesticides Act (25:00), you can reduce the need for helicopters by clearing the land of privately owned livestock, allowing the herds to fill their niche and manage themselves. Funny how the advocates won’t talk about that.

As of today, the channel contains eleven videos.