Nonsense!  Grazing season is just getting started.  Did you think the HMA was managed principally for wild horses?

Unfortunately, this boots-on-the-ground update by the Steamboat Pilot does not look upstream at the resource allocations and land-use plans that the helicopters are trying to enforce.

The roundup, sold as an emergency, is likely an attempt to shield the public-lands ranchers from the effects of a temporary change in the weather.  The operation was scheduled and the conditions that preceded it accrued gradually.

Drought helps you accomplish what you wouldn’t be able to do otherwise.

Never let a crisis go to waste.

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They have a list of 25 stallions and 25 mares to return to the HMA, and look through each day’s take to find them and prevent their shipment, according to a story posted yesterday by The Craig Press.

The mares will be treated with fertility control, not necessarily the same type as they’ve been receiving for the past few years?

The advocates want to replace cruel and inhumane roundups with cruel and inhumane darting programs, ensuring that most of the resources in wild horse areas go to the public-lands ranchers.

Good work, guys.

RELATED: Sand Wash Roundup Day 7.

Gonna get some heat for this one.

What else is she supposed to do when you put her in cross ties and stand in front of her?

When asked by WHW if she’ll do this in pasture, the owner said “Pretty much every time I’m around her.”

Life must be protected from the moment of conception to natural death.

This article about rescue and adoption in The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction isn’t a human-interest story or a horse-interest story.  It’s a setup.

When two mustangs reunite, would they remember

• Hunger and thirst?
• Heat and mud?
• Suffering and death?

The story begins on Navajo land but shifts to “all the wild horses roaming millions of acres without enough food or water” and the need for their management.

It’s all downhill from there.

A competitive shooter and PZP darter trains other firearms aficionados to shoot mares with contraceptive darts to reduce the number of foals born every season.

Many still starve and die of thirst, according to the writer, but these heroes are doing their part to get rid of them, along with the helicopters, while shielding the public-lands ranchers from the effects of a temporary change in the weather.

Bring a photo of wild horses on public lands when you’re buying Ivermectin.

They belong to the American people, which includes you.

Take the vaccines or take the shots.  It’s how communist countries get things done.

Dissenting voices and alternative treatments will not be tolerated.

Western Horse Watchers offers the following remarks in response to an op-ed appearing in today’s online edition of the Greeley Tribune.

The AML of 362 corresponds to a resource allocation in a land-use plan.  It is not the number of wild horses the HMA can sustain.  If the land can only support 362, how did the pre-gather population reach 896?  Half of them should be dead by now.

Sometimes you limit your spending in one area because other things are more important.

Wild horses are not domesticated animals.  If you think they are, adopt one and try throwing a saddle on him.  He might spin his butt and put a hoof in your face.

Table 2.1 in the Final EA for resource enforcement actions in the HMA shows 499 AUMs per year assigned to cattle in one of the pastures of the Sheepherder Spring allotment, which is inside the HMA according to the paragraph above the table.

If sheep only traverse the HMA on their way to summer and winter feeding grounds, why does the plan authorize over 16,000 AUMs per year to livestock inside the HMA?

Amend the plan and shift the resources back to the horses!  The roundup will no longer be necessary and the darting program can be stopped.

Horses appear in the North American fossil record, cattle and sheep do not.  They are the predominant non-native species on America’s pubic lands.

There are few if any predators in wild horse areas because those animals would also be interested in the offspring of the non-native species.

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 43 USC 35, puts domestic livestock grazing at the top of the list of principal uses of public lands, not fish and wildlife development, mineral extraction, recreation or timber production.  Refer to §1702(l).

The use of helicopters and motor vehicles in wild horse roundups, §1338a in 16 USC 30, was authorized by FLPMA, the first formal attack on the WHB Act by the public-lands ranchers, their overlords, cheerleaders and political allies.

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The statement occurs at 1:36 in the following video by KUSA News of Denver.

Could it be true?  Yes, during the off season.

Table 2.1 in the Final EA for resource enforcement actions shows grazing seasons for allotments that overlap the HMA.  The pastures in rows 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 are inside the HMA and represent a shifting of resources from wild horses to public-lands ranchers.

Grazing does not occur in June, July and August, so during the summer, the horses are the majority consumer of food and water.

Gates and fences might impede their movement within their home range and some areas may be off limits to help them recover for the next grazing season.  Most of the land does not meet standards for rangeland health.

The management plan assigns 79% of the authorized forage to privately owned livestock over a twelve month period, as explained in this report.  The horses are the minority consumer of resources overall, next to wildlife.

The pre-gather population of 896 is unacceptable—the horses are robbing too much forage, sometimes referred to as ‘their food,’ from the ranchers.

That’s why they have to go.  Resource enforcement.

Livestock AUMs may have been cut due to a temporary change in the weather but the horses are being permanently removed.  When conditions improve, it’ll be business as usual, with the ranchers receiving the lion’s share of the resources.

The BLM rep in the video is not telling the whole story.

Would that be true for your favorite advocacy group?

They couldn’t convert an AML to AUMs if their lives depended on it, but they can tell you exactly how many cc’s of adjuvant to add to the PZP and how long to mix them.

They’re working with government to achieve and maintain AMLs by attrition, which means they’re trying to protect and preserve the lopsided resource allocations that strongly favor the public-lands ranchers—in areas set aside for wild horses.

Charlatans, every one of them.

RELATED: Don’t Be Deceived by the Wild Horse Advocates!

The greatest threat to our public lands, and the animals living therein, is climate change, according to a story posted yesterday by Reuters.

The signatories to the ‘Path Forward‘—now revealed to be frauds—want you to accept the lie, join their darting army and help them get rid of wild horses.

To save the planet, of course.

RELATED: Support for ‘Path Forward’ Much Greater Than You Think.

This result appeared earlier today in a Google search for ‘wild horse.’

Apparently, LinkedIn is a member-only service.  Western Horse Watchers was unable to view the listing.

The job posting on Idealist is still active.

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AMLs are small because most of the forage in wild horse areas has been assigned to privately owned livestock.

Roundups enforce those assignments.

If you shift the resources back to the horses, the AMLs are much higher.  They represent the number of animals the areas could support if they were managed principally for wild horses, as specified in the statute.  Western Horse Watchers calls them True AMLs.

The ranchers want to get rid of the horses so they can enjoy more of what their allotments have to offer.

Although the advocates protest the roundups, they, like the ranchers, want to see wild horse numbers go down, as a result of their fertility control programs, not helicopters.

They never contest the land-use plans and resource allocations arising therefrom.

They are in business to sell PZP.  You see their influence when state and local officials call for humane management of these animals.

Instead of crashing the horses into pipe panels, stalk them with clipboards and darting rifles, drive birth rates to zero, and let the herds off.

There are few if any voices speaking in their defense.

Welcome to the love triangle on America’s public lands.  It’s a big club but hopefully you’re not in it.

The news release for emergency resource enforcement actions at Palomino Buttes said the “HMA is divided by fencing into the Weaver Lake and Palomino Buttes use areas.”

A map from the 1992 RMP shows the HMA has been divided into the Palomino Buttes and Weaver Lake grazing allotments.

Removal of wild horses will protect “other animals and resource uses,” according to the announcement, code words for privately owned livestock.

Regarding the fences and cattle gates and pastures within the allotments, how are you supposed to have free-roaming horses when you don’t allow free-roaming livestock?

RELATED: Status of Allotments at Palomino Buttes HMA.

It’s flying off the shelves according to a story posted today by the Reno Gazette Journal.

For a more information about the dewormer, and its use in treating the virus, search for ‘barnhardt ivermectin’ and follow the link.

Let each man do his own thinking and act as he sees fit.

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Her main concern is the use of helicopters, according to a story by KKCO News of Grand Junction.  It could be an “absolute bloodbath.”  “There are other ways to do this.”

Why would you want to get rid of the horses?  Because some bureaucrat, who refuses to tell you the truth about current policies and practices, said they’re overpopulated and have devastated the range?

Nonsense.

The herd has grown and the horses are trying to reclaim some of their food from the public-lands ranchers, in defiance of the land-use plan.

The HMA was set aside for wild horses but it’s now managed primarily for livestock.

That’s what needs to change.

RELATED: Sand Wash Roundup Announced.

You are a serf.  Obey your masters.  Take the vaccines.  Do not use Ivermectin.

Even if the stores in North Carolina can’t keep it in stock.

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Refer to this story by KFOR News of Oklahoma City, posted today.

The one-horse pony and his illicit administration want you to take the clotshots instead.

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How many wild horses have been displaced from the Antelope Complex, now subject to a massive roundup, by privately owned livestock?

A few dozen?  Maybe a couple hundred?  No, over 6,000.

Did your favorite advocacy group tell you that?  Why not?  Who are they protecting?

Are they telling you that the government should be getting rid of the horses with PZP, not helicopters?

If so, you might want to find a better source of information about wild horses.

Did they tell you that over 1,500 wild horses have been denied a spot on Beatys Butte HMA because of privately owned livestock?

That roughly 700 wild horses have been cheated out of a place at Stinkingwater HMA by privately owned livestock?

Did they mention that 1,400 wild horses at Sand Wash Basin HMA have been forced into off-range holding by privately owned livestock?  Do they even acknowledge that livestock graze in the HMA?

Do they know how to compute these numbers?  Do they talk about environmental assessments, resource allocations and land-use plans?  Or do they tell you there isn’t a good way to calculate the number of wild horses an area can support?

Do they distinguish between cause and effect, between upstream and downstream parts of the management process?

Did they tell you that all of the horses in off-range could be returned to the range if public-lands ranching was stopped in just a few dozen HMAs?  That the off-range pastures and corrals could be emptied three to five times over if permitted grazing was stopped on all HMAs?

If not, you might want to find another source of information about wild horses.

RELATED: Keeping Wild Horses in Check While Livestock Proliferate.

A match made in heaven.  Wild horses and burros need not apply.

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A story posted yesterday by the Los Angeles Times suggests that she’s still on life support, contrary to a report earlier this week by the Turlock Journal, so the best pieces can be harvested.  Then they will pull the plug.

Just three days after admission, doctors said she was brain dead, so, with some hesitation, the family agreed to part her body out.

With no second opinions, no additional tests, no waiting to see what happens?

Is this how Obamacare works?

As of today, the investigation focuses on the driver.

RELATED: Distracted Driver Didn’t Kill Rider.