Salt River Herd Cannot Recover from a Deadly Disease

Because the advocates have ruined the mares with PZP.

They may even view the loss of a few dozen horses favorably, as it would move them closer to their population reduction goal.

The advocates, along with their overlords at the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, are far more interested in demonstrating that mass sterilization is a practical alternative to motorized removal than actually protecting the herd.

RELATED: Salt River Stallion First Victim of Virus?

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Foal-Free Friday, Humane Conservation Edition

Ater WWII, bald eagles were nearly wiped out in the U.S. by widespread use of DDT.

In a process known as bioaccumulation, the pesticide weakened the shells of their eggs, turning reproductive success into reproductive failure.

The advocates use pesticides to cause reproductive failure in wild horses, selling the practice as humane conservation.

What would you say about women who hiked into the wilderness and climbed to the mountaintops to smash the eggs of bald eagles?

PREVIOUS: Foal-Free Friday, Envy and Jealousy Edition.

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Foal-Free Friday, Envy and Jealousy Edition

How many wild horse advocates are depressed because they can’t participate in the mass sterilization programs at the Salt River and Virginia Range?

How many field workers would reject their assistance because they want all the glory for themselves?

PREVIOUS: Foal-Free Friday, Uh-Oh Edition.

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Will Missoula Look to Billings for Answer to Wild Horse Problem?

The task force will likely identify the Montana Solution as one option for keeping the Miller Creek herd in check—or getting rid of it altogether.

It’s only a half-day drive to the Science and Conservation Center, where volunteers could become certified in mass sterilization with PZP.

Another option would be to solicit proposals from the advocates, who, if given the opportunity to promote the strategy, may do it for free.

RELATED: Blue Ribbon Panel to Study Miller Creek Horses.

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Would the Advocates Get Along with the Saltwater Cowboys?

The advocates hate foals.  Like the bureaucrats, they view wild horses as pests, an impediment to rancher prosperity.

That’s why they’re beating the populations down with ovary-killing pesticides.

The saltwater cowboys love foals.  They see them as moneymakers, a growing source of income for the Chincoteague Fire Company.

That’s why they turned the wildlife refuge into a puppy mill for wild horses, known for its highly abnormal sex ratio and unprecedented birth rate.

To say that they have conflicting views would be a gross understatement.

Advocates clash with cowboys at their first meeting.

RELATED: Chincoteague Stallions Produce 103rd Foal of 2025.

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Two Weeks Until Defund the Advocates Day

You can help wild horses on December 2 by doing nothing.

The advocates use your donations to buy pesticides so they can beat the horse numbers down in favor of livestock.

Would you be surprised if the fastest-growing segment in their base was bureaucrats and ranchers?

Resolve now to cut them off.

RELATED: REMINDER: December 2 Is Defund the Advocates Day.

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WARNING: They’re Working Tirelessly to Deceive YOU

The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses wants to replace motorized removal with mass sterilization.  They use your donations to buy pesticides and equip their volunteers with the tools of application.

They are phonies, allies of the ranchers, and don’t deserve a penny of your support.

RELATED: How to Sell Mass Sterilization to the American People.

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Senate Amends, Approves FY26 Budget (Sort of)

Senators voted 60-40 Monday evening in favor of HR 5371, a bill that will end the partial government shutdown if accepted by the House and signed by the President.

The measure provides full-year funding for military construction, veterans’ affairs, the Department of Agriculture (which includes the Forest Service) and the legislative branch, according to a report by The Hill, and the rest of government (which includes the BLM) through January 30.

As of today, a FY26 roundup schedule has not been posted to BLM’s website, but one may appear before the ink is dry, as high-net-worth individuals, portrayed as victims by Bobby Khan, suffer from resource invasion in the lawful homes of wild horses.

RELATED: No FY26 Budget, No FY26 Roundup Schedule.

How to Sell Mass Sterilization to the American People

Refer to this November 7 news flash written by Tracy “You need to manage the numbers to fit what’s available for the horses” Wilson, a defeatist, pesticide pusher and ranching sympathizer with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

  • Portray helicopter roundups as cruel and costly
  • Never admit that the range can support more horses than the government allows
  • Never suggest that overpopulation might not be true
  • Present ovary-killing pesticides as a humane alternative to motorized removal
  • Never acknowledge that public lands are managed primarily for livestock
  • Never admit that you’re in cahoots with the bureaucrats and ranchers
  • Never concede that your plan will eradicate the herds in 25 years

RELATED: What Makes the Advocates Evil?

Salt River Scandal?

The attack on the herd is sinister because it’s being carried by those who claim to voices for the horses.

The Center for Biological Diversity never demanded that the mares be sterilized.

The Forest Service never laid the idea on the table.

It came from the advocates, disguised as “humane management.”

For seven years they’ve pummeled the mares with pesticide-laced darts, not to slow population growth but to reverse it, with the inevitable result of permanent infertility.

And, as usual, the perps are women.

These people are phonies and don’t deserve a penny of your support.

A Bright Spot in the Partial Government Shutdown?

The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in mass sterilization and fierce opponent of principal use, has been ordered to stop the Cedar Mountain darting program according to an October 30 news flash distributed by Lucky Three Ranch.

Further, the grant that funds the effort has not been renewed.

The advocates are now begging for donations to keep the destruction going.

There haven’t been any roundups in the HMA since the program began because the advocates are working with a permittee to poison the mares with PZP, a restricted-use pesticide that tricks their immune systems into attacking their ovaries.

RELATED: BLM Paying Advocates to Ruin Cedar Mountain Mares.

Foal-Free Friday, Toxic Relationships Edition

Like radioactive decay, the advocates emit a steady stream of harmful information about wild horses.

Equating mass sterilization with wild horse conservation is one example.

Lying about rapid development is another.

Their followers don’t realize they’re being exposed to propaganda that promotes rancher prosperity, not equine welfare.

The only hope for these nitwits is to get them to Betty Ford clinics or similar institutions where they can be deprogrammed and educated in rational thought.

RELATED Foal-Free Friday, Managing to Extinction Edition.

HR 5829 (LASSO Act) Not About Equine Welfare

It’s about rancher prosperity.

The bill would authorize research to determine if unmanned aerial systems can be used to gather and manage wild horses and burros, including application of fertility control, according to the text.

If successful, the technology could advance mass sterilization as an alternative to motorized removal, a dream-come-true for the advocates.

No more bouncing over rough terrain in a 4WD and stalking the animals with clipboards and darting rifles.

Unlike the automatic darting machine developed by Wildlife Protection Management, which must be stocked with hay to attract the animals, drones can go on the offensive, taking the pesticides to them.

RELATED: Unmanned Aerial Systems for Wild Horse Roundups?

What Happens When Wild Horse Populations Exceed AMLs?

They rob too much forage from the most noble and deserving nonnative species on America’s public lands, placed there by high-net-worth individuals who pay almost nothing for the resource and the services rendered on their behalf by the government.

Put simply, they interfere with redistribution of wealth, a hallmark of liberalism.

(Don’t be fooled by politicians who try to market themselves as conservatives while defending the practice.)

With few exceptions, Appropriate Management Levels are artificially low and do not reflect genetic viability or carrying capacity.

They represent the number of horses allowed by plan, a limit the bureaucrats and ranchers are willing to tolerate.

Carrying capacity = Horses allowed by plan + Horses equivalent to livestock

The advocates reinforce the scam with their darting programs.

RELATED: Equivalent Horses and Stocking Rates for Allotments.