Foal-Free Friday, Managing to Extinction Edition

When all you have is a darting rifle, everything else looks like a mare’s butt.

Stay barren!

Women Ruin Everything

The problem goes all the way back to Eve.

Nowhere is it more evident than in the wild horse world.

Refer to this opinion piece in Compact for a survey of the situation.

It is still controversial, even in conservative circles, to say that there are too many women in a given field or that women in large numbers can transform institutions beyond recognition in ways that make them cease to function well.
The Great Feminization

Costs Go Up as Cañon City Wild Horse Program Ends

The BLM must pay $4.78 per head per day for the contract extension, according to a report by The Colorado Sun, up from $4.45.

That works out to about $143 per AUM.

The agency receives $1.35 from ranchers for every AUM on public lands liberated by removal of wild horses therefrom, an irrational and unsustainable practice.

The advocates would solve the problem by poisoning the mares with ovary-killing pesticides, leaving everything for the ranchers.

The article said that alfalfa hay is higher in nutrients and more expensive than grass hay or alfalfa-grass mix, which is contrary to experience.

In this area alfalfa usually costs a few dollars less per bale than grass or mix, which explains why it’s a mainstay of diets in off-range corrals.

Some horses cannot adapt to the feed, which is not found in their lawful homes.

What Makes the Advocates Evil?

They’re obsessed with pesticides.

They’re managing the herds to extinction.

They’re selling mass sterilization as wild horse conservation.

They want the horses to suffer and the ranchers to prosper.

Their followers ratify the destruction.

Is it because they’re female or because they’re liberals?

If We Don’t Raise Interest Rates the Economy Might Grow

Would you vote for a candidate who talks like that?

Then why do you give money to the advocates?

If we don’t poison the mares with ovary-killing pesticides, the herds might grow.

From Compensatory Reproduction to No Reproduction

The Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act would phase out the use of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for rounding up free-roaming horses and burros, a practice that leads to population growth according to the advocates.

The alternative would likely be long-term use of immunocontraceptives, sometimes referred to as mass sterilization, a service they provide.

The bill would not link Appropriate Management Level, an undefined concept in the statute, to principal use.

It would not repeal the Burns Amendment.

The statement reveals their attitude toward wild horses and burros.

They hate foals. They view these animals as pests and think reproduction is a defect, not an essential characteristic, of nature.

The bill will go nowhere in Congress but it’s a great way to keep their base fired up and the donations rolling in.

Shrinking Populations and Managing to Extinction

Do you see the contradiction in this statement?

Fertility control is the leading cause of stunted and shrinking populations!

Who’s publishing this garbage?

The group that’s driving the Virginia Range herd to extinction via mass sterilization.

Its affiliate at the Salt River is doing the same thing.

These people are shallower than a dry creek on the 92nd day of a drought.

Reminder About Sanctuaries

If they don’t include public lands and don’t displace livestock therefrom, they’re not worthy of your support.

Nonprofits operating solely on deeded acreage do the will of the public-lands ranchers.

The model employed by American Prairie gives hope to wild horses.

They buy base properties tied to grazing allotments and flip the preference to bison.

The problem in the wild horse world is that those who claim to be voices for the horses are actually servants of the ranchers.

If the Public Lands Council isn’t howling about your project, you’re not doing it right.

WaPo Op-Ed Calls for Horse Slaughter?

The editors placed it behind a paywall so the identity of the writer is not known.

Western Horse Watchers will not subscribe to any news source, whether it’s written by liberals or conservatives.

BLM Issues Antelope-Triple B Final Planning Documents

The Decision Record authorizes Alternative A, the Proposed Action, discussed in section 2.4 of the Final EA.

Details of the new HMAP can be found in Appendix XIII.

No changes to AMLs or authorized AUMs
Forcible removal
Application of fertility control pesticides
Skewing of sex ratios in favor of males
Monitoring of genetic diversity
Massive interference in natural order

Recall the rallying cry in the Nevada Current op-ed: “America’s wild horses have faced competition from livestock, unfair resource allocation, and shrinking habitat for generations.”

How does the new plan fix any of that?

It doesn’t. The only change the advocates want is more government spending on services they provide.

Defund the Advocates Day Set for December 2

In some circles it’s known as Giving Tuesday but think of it as an opportunity to give the advocates the boot.

Foal-Free Friday, Finding Common Ground Edition

The legacy contractors use helicopters to take wild horses off the range.

Other suppliers use baited traps.

The advocates prefer ovary-killing pesticides.

Although their methods differ, they are united by a shared goal.

Propaganda, Not Education, Coming to Virginia City

Now they’re billing it as education and awareness.

The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses will serve cookies and hot cider on October 23 as they try to convince you that mass sterilization is a humane alternative to motorized removal.

How stupid do you have to be to believe anything from these phonies?

Leadership Shakeup at Wild Horse Transition Team

John Mack has left the group over disagreements with founder Jacquelyn Hughes as to how many horses should be removed from the Salt River herd according to a report by Phoenix New Times.

That shifts management responsibilities to Hughes for five years if AZDA was to select her proposal, which is not her style.

As a wild horse removal contractor, she wants to get in, get the job done and move on to the next opportunity.

By contrast, the Salt River advocates have stayed the course, which is necessary to sterilize the mares.

How to Alienate Your Supporters

Probably won’t play well in Peoria.

Who’s Advising Bobby Khan About Wild Horses?

The advocates asserted in the Nevada Current op-ed that “America’s wild horses have faced competition from livestock, unfair resource allocation, and shrinking habitat for generations,” which is a fair statement, but their solution is completely unrelated and can only make the problem worse.

Makes perfect sense once you realize they’re in the tank for the ranchers.

Bobby Khan, a candidate for the seat currently held by a co-founder of the pesticide caucus and author of the “Ground a Helicopter, Sterilize a Mare” Act, has proposed a five-step plan for resolving the issues.

1. End the Roundups. “Halt helicopter roundups and stop funneling horses into holding facilities or auctions.” The goal is to end the removals not the roundups. Bait trapping and fertility control are alternate methods of removal.

2. Return Horses to the Wild. “Reintroduce horses and burros to their designated lands where they legally belong.” Not if they’re managed principally for livestock.

3. Herd Management Solutions. This one wrecks the whole program: “Work with experts, ranchers and advocates to implement responsible herd management practices that protect horses and respect ranching interests.” Resource management is a zero-sum game. What you give to the ranchers must be taken from the horses. This is why there so many in off-range holding. Not compatible with item 2.

4. Cut Costs and Save Taxpayer Money. “Replace costly confinement programs with humane, natural management that saves taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually.” Probably a reference to fertility control, straight out of the advocates’ playbook.

5. Build Coalitions for Change. “Partner with leaders, advocates, and public voices…to bring national attention and action to the issue.” Enlarging the committee will not produce the required knowledge.

An Evening of Education and Advocacy for Wild Horses?

The event, organized by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, is set for October 23 in Virginia City.

The topic is wild horse management on the Virginia Range.

They’ll sell the program as humane population reduction or wild horse conservation, but it’s really mass sterilization.

There’s nothing natural about it and it’s all based on myths propagated by bureaucrats, hunters and ranchers.

Palomino Valley Horse Rally Won’t Break Any New Ground

From the solutions page at Bobby Khan for Congress:

“He’ll fight to ban helicopter roundups, demand full transparency from the Bureau of Land Management, and push for humane, science-based herd management solutions. That includes fertility control, strategic rewilding, and support for sanctuaries and tribal partnerships doing the real work on the ground.”

Sounds just like the advocates.

How to Insult the Advocates

Do what WyoFile did. Refer to them as pro-horse groups and individuals.

BLM Moves Rock Springs Roundups into Next Year

An attorney representing plaintiffs in a new lawsuit said they won’t happen before the summer of 2026 according to a report by Wyofile.

The case was brought by two advocacy groups and two women, all PZP adherents, who may have been offended by being described as “pro-horse groups and individuals.”