Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
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The event begins at 4:00 PM on November 1 in Colorado Springs.
The announcement did not indicate if TCF staff would demonstrate their pesticide delivery equipment or discuss their contributions to wild horse sterilization.
Tickets range from $50 to $100.
Despite testimony from veterinarians who said the facility is inhumane, a three-judge panel is likely to uphold a 2024 decision approving construction of the off-range corrals, according to a report by Courthouse News.
Plaintiffs were unable to demonstrate that the occurrence of sickness, injury or death was higher in Winnemucca than other such facilities.
An attorney for the government argued that plaintiffs’ claims pertained to stresses caused by the method of capture but the decision to build and operate the corrals did not depend on how the horses would get there.
RELATED: Court Rejects FOA’s Complaint Regarding Winnemucca Corrals.
The off-range corrals will close at the end of November according to a report by The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
The decision was financially driven.
Animals currently at the facility will be transferred to corrals in Wyoming and Utah.
UPDATE: The CDOC news release says that approximately 100 horses taken from Colorado HMAs will be placed into private care within the state.
The event, organized by ranchers for the benefit of ranchers, helps the BLM take more wild horses off the range.
Deirdre Macnab still drives the bus.
You’re not supposed to know that she owns a $10 million base property and runs livestock on over 125,000 public acres.
New this year is an Adult In-Hand Division and a Mustang Only Horse Show, scheduled for August 22 according to a report by the Steamboat Pilot & Today.
A bale of alfalfa/grass mix sold for $28 yesterday, 20 bales minimum, compared to $29 in October and $36 two years ago.
The price four years ago was $19.
A horse in private care would need around five bales per month, putting the cost of feed at $140 per AUM.
Forage on public lands sells for $1.35 per AUM.
RELATED: Price of Hay Drops Slightly.
Environmental assessments have been copied to project folders in ePlanning for public review, with comments due on May 7.
RELATED: Another ORP in Oklahoma?
The address is 736 Alvista Loop in Hamilton according to an April 3 announcement.
Approximately 1,600 adopters who had received title when the March 3 decision was issued but had not received the incentive are eligible for payment according to a story by Colorado Politics.
The judge said in an April 1 order that the ruling does not restrict the agency from fulfilling preexisting contractual obligations.
RELATED: Court Halts AIP.
The facility would be built with government-furnished materials on private land in Hamilton according to the Section B of the CX.
The BLM will pay for services such as maintaining, feeding, sorting, marketing, training and trimming of hooves. Veterinary care would be provided as needed.
The capacity is 110.
There are no other documents in the project folder and there were no opportunities for public comment. A news release was not provided.
The address of the ranch was not given but appears to be 736 Alvista Loop.
The aerial image shows a horse setup with a barn, arena, corrals and pastures.
Google Maps labels it “Hamilton Training Center/Mustang Matt Facility.”
A new project has been opened in ePlanning but no documents have been posted for public review.
The former cattle ranch would have a capacity of 500 wild horses according to the description.
RELATED: BLM Seeks More ORPs?
The final planning documents have been copied to the project folder.
The Decision Record authorizes the solicitation of a five-year contract to pay for space, feeding, training and care for up to 200 wild horses and burros at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton.
Most of the training is accomplished by inmates, which helps them transition back into society according to the news release.
RELATED: Wyoming Honor Farm EA Out for Review.
The nonprofit has two positions to fill according to a February 15 help wanted ad on RanchWork dot com.
RELATED: Colorado Wild Horse Refuge Still Needs Ranch Hands.
He’d like to reunite them with native peoples according to this report by KX News and until that happens, his daughter will continue the mission.
Thought to be descendants of Sitting Bull’s ponies, they represent the original wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The horses you see today, the subject of much clamor, were put there by the Park Service as an exhibit.
RELATED: Frank Kuntz Running Out of Time to Care for Nokota Horses.
The baby was adopted but the mom stayed behind according to a story dated December 25 by The Salt Lake Tribune.
Now, the manager of the sanctuary is worried that the mom might start World War III with another mare at the facility so she’ll be offered for adoption.
Facilities must be in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington or Wyoming according to today’s news release, with a capacity of 200 to 10,000 wild horses for five to ten years.
A pre-solicitation notice says the agency is not seeking proposals at this time.
The document was copied to the project folder today.
Comments will be accepted through January 2 according to the news release.
In Alternative 1, the Proposed Action, the BLM would award a five-year contract to pay for space, feeding, training and care of up to 200 wild horses and burros.
Alternative 2 would end the inmate training program, which started in 1988.
The facility held 141 horses and 8 burros as of September 23.
RELATED: Scoping Begins for Wyoming Honor Farm Contract Renewal.
Two new projects have been opened in ePlanning:
Comments will be accepted through November 15.
The agency sends mares to both ORPs according to the September 2024 Facility Report.
RELATED: BLM Weighs Four New ORPs.
The BLM sends wild horses to two off-range pastures near Teterville, a ghost town east of Cassoday KS.
If those are mares at 0:45, it would be Teterville West.
The population as of September 1 was 332 according to the facility report.
The agency removes wild horses from their lawful homes in the American west and holds them at facilities like this one at a cost of two dollars per head per day so it can collect 4.5 cents per head per day from ranchers who graze livestock in their stead.
Brand Rock Ranch covers 18,108 total acres west of Roundup MT, including 8,207 deeded acres, 9,261 public acres and 640 state acres.
It’s about 50 miles north of the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception.
The property consists of three parcels, two with grazing preference on BLM lands, according to the agent’s listing.
The Operator Information Report at RAS tied the ranch to authorization 2500711.
The Allotment Information Report tied the authorization to these parcels:
The allotments offer a combined 1,973 active AUMs on 9,482 public acres according to the Allotment Master Report.
That’s equivalent to 164 wild horses, or 17.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.
The bureaucrats and ranchers tell us 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 land ratio is on the low side. You must acquire approximately 8,200 deeded acres to access 9,500 public acres, or 1.16 public acres per deeded acre.
Properties with ratios of three to five might be more attractive from the viewpoint of profitability and return on investment.
Geldings usually don’t do this, but stallions may pee on the poop of their mares as a sign to other stallions.
In this case he was a bit off aim.
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