Nights longer than days, temperatures falling, old man winter approaches.

The article last week by The Washington Post said that Return to Freedom has lost donors because it signed on to the cattle-centric management plan for wild horses.

The video description (at YouTube) includes a link to their hay fund.

RELATED: ‘Path Forward’ in the News.

At least six feet high if you’re adopting a wild horse.

On Day 2 of the WHBAB meeting in Boise (07/10/19), one of the Board members asked “If I were to take a couple of these horses, is that $2,000 taxable income?  Or how is it viewed by the IRS?”  Answer: “It is taxable.”

Depending on your location, the state may want a piece of the action too.

Financial incentives shift the motivation from intrinsic to extrinsic: Do it for the money.

Then, when the reward goes away, so does the behavior.

News outlets are reporting a magnitude 6.4 earthquake near Ridgecrest, CA, the location of the BLM Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corrals.

Adoptions resumed this week following the deaths of two horses.  Refer to this report by ABC Fox Montana.

RELATED: Quarantine Continues at Ravalli County Fairgrounds.

The adoption event set for last weekend in Hamilton, MT is still on hold, until lab work confirms the animals are healthy.  Refer to this report by KPAX News in Missoula.

RELATED: Adoption Event Postponed.

The WHB adoption set for this weekend at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds in Hamilton, MT has been delayed by the deaths of two horses.  Refer to this news release, posted yesterday by the BLM.

The event had received local news coverage before the announcement.

On the road in South Dakota with RVOnTheWayside.

Places like this can never be accepted as a solution to the wild horse ‘problem.’  Privately owned livestock, which far outnumber wild horses on public lands in the western U.S., belong on private land, not free roaming horses.

RELATED: Private Sanctuaries: End-Game of Wild Horse Management Plan, Story of the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary.

They must be in Colorado, Utah or Wyoming, according to a new release issued today, and will serve as preparation facilities for animals to be transferred to off-range pastures or adoption centers further east.

Bids can be submitted through August 8.

The eco-resort owned by Madeleine Pickens in eastern Nevada will reopen on June 1, according to a story published today by The Telegram, a British news outlet.

The BLM grazing allotment attached to the Spruce Ranch, which she owns, was the site of a wild horse shooting last year.  Like the Heber wild horse shootings, no arrests have been made in the case.

RELATED: Spruce-Pequop FOIA Request Yields Little New Information, Group Criticizes Forest Service for Response to Heber Shootings.

It’s nice that they can do this but the goal of wild horse preservation must be to keep them on their home range—public lands in the western U.S.  Special thanks to C&F LTD Worldwide for the video.

RELATED: Founder of South Dakota Wild Horse Sanctuary Remembered, Fort Polk Horses Reach Black Hills Sanctuary, Private Sanctuaries: End-Game of Wild Horse Management Plan.

Inmate-trained horses will be offered for adoption June 8 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City, according to a BLM news release posted today.

Viewing begins at 9 AM with the auction following at 10 AM.  Bids start at $150.

At the Oakdale Rodeo Grounds on 05/17/19 with Shelyn Valk.

RELATED: Satellite Adoptions.

Audio on the PA system was from a clinic in an adjacent arena and not related to this video.  Filmed 05-10-19 at the Western States Horse Expo in Rancho Murieta, CA

Meanwhile, back on the range, privately owned livestock graze peacefully on land that belongs to these horses.

RELATED: Organizers Call WHSE a Success.

The rescue that took in over 70 wild horses from a sanctuary near Placitas, NM that was forced to close has lost its special use permit and must relocate.  Refer to this report by KRQE News of Albequerque.  Includes video.

RELATED: Placitas Wild Horses Find New Home at Mustang Camp.

The change in venue was well received by those attending the event according to a story by KCRA News in Sacramento.  Organizers of the show, one of the nation’s largest, say it will be held at the new location in the future.

RELATED: Western States Horse Expo Starts Next Week.

The Nevada DMV has stopped producing the ‘Horse Power’ specialty license plate and ended the transfer of funds it generated to Horse Power, a non-profit organization that rescues injured wild horses.  The action was prompted by the group’s spending habits, according to a report dated 05/03/19 by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The organization’s web site is down for scheduled maintenance as of 6:45 PM PDT.

The BLM announced today that wild horses and burros gathered from public lands in Wyoming would be available for adoption May 17 – 18 at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton.  Gentling techniques will be demonstrated on the first day.

The announcement noted that placing excess animals into private care will keep western rangelands healthy and productive.

Given that the animals serve no useful purpose and bring in no economic return, why would they be worried about productivity?

Because those lands host other animals—the paying kind—such as privately owned cattle and sheep.  Never mind that they were set aside for wild horses and burros, that was a long time ago.

BLM provided more information yesterday on the inmate-trained horses to be offered for adoption at the Western States Horse Expo in Rancho Murieta, CA.  Bidding starts at 1:30 PM on 05/12/19.  A training clinic will be held at 4:00 PM.

RELATED: Western States Horse Expo Starts Next Week.