Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
On the range
The obligated amount is $393,488 according to a report at USA Spending.
The incident is on the schedule with a start date of October 15.
The tentative capture and removal goals are 931 and 827, respectively.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the off-range corrals at Rock Springs.
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The incident started on September 4. Results through October 6:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The death rate is 0.5%.
The capture total includes 137 stallions, 155 mares and 78 foals.
Youngsters represented 21.1% of the animals gathered, a sign of genetic diversity and large enough to support a herd growth rate of 15% per year.
Of the adults, 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio (usually found in herds where the advocates are involved).
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
The area is closed to the public with no allowance for observers or reporters.
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The incident started on October 2. Results through October 6:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The death rate is 1.6%.
The capture total includes 45 stallions, 60 mares and 21 foals.
Youngsters represented 16.7% of the animals gathered, too low to support a herd growth rate of 15 to 20 percent per year.
Of the adults, 42.9% were male and 57.1% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities are closed to the public, with the exception of observers escorted by BLM staff.
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The liars and frauds on socialist media far outnumber the kayakers and paddleboarders on the river.
The only way to save the herd is to bring in mares from other areas, which will invalidate the $325,000 genetic study, now in the planning stages.
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The incident started on September 4. Results through October 4:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The death rate is 0.6%.
The capture total includes 116 stallions, 130 mares and 68 foals.
Youngsters represented 21.7% of the animals gathered, a sign of genetic diversity and large enough to support a herd growth rate of fifteen to twenty percent per year.
Of the adults, 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio (usually found in herds where the advocates are involved).
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
The area is closed to the public with no allowance for observers and reporters.
PREVIOUS: Barren Valley Roundup, Day 29.
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At McCullough Peaks HMA with Linda Ghent.
The description did not indicate if the mom had a faulty immune system or was overlooked by the advocates, who are ruining the mares with PZP.
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The incident started on October 2. Results through October 4:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Two horses died on Day 3, one was accidental and the other was intentional.
The death rate is 2.7%.
The capture total includes 30 stallions, 33 mares and 10 foals.
Youngsters represented 13.7% of the animals gathered, too low to support a herd growth rate of 15 to 20 percent per year.
Of the adults, 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities are closed to the public, with the exception of observers escorted by BLM staff.
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The incident started on September 4. Results through October 2:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Operations were delayed for two weeks due to problems with the helicopter.
The death rate is 0.7%.
The capture total includes 103 stallions, 116 mares and 58 foals.
Youngsters represented 20.9% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
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The incident started on October 2 as scheduled with 23 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.
This is the first roundup of FY27, which began on October 1.
Funding was provided by a continuing resolution, not a full-year spending bill.
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No new foals have been born since the pony swim and auction but the count increased from 88 to 89 at the end of September.
Last year’s record was 103.
You might think that genetic diversity is good but most of the foals are sold after the swim, leaving only a handful to replace the horses that died.
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The news release was published on the day the incident was set to begin.
The capture and removal goals are 300 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 560.
A helicopter will push the horses into the traps.
The contractor is Cattoor and the contract amount is $287,650.
The unit cost is $959 per animal captured, at the high end of the pay scale.
The area will be closed to the public except for observers escorted by BLM staff.
Captured animals will be taken to the Sutherland off-range corrals.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
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Which option sterilizes the mares, destroys the breeding populations and stops genetic mixing? Which one do the advocates prefer? Hint: It’s a dead end for wild horses.
Why aren’t there any buttons for
Stop listening to the broken record. The advocates have nothing to offer America’s wild horses.
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That’s the allegation in a complaint filed on behalf of Skydog Sanctuary according to a story by KLAS News.
Two bands of wild horses identified in a kill pen were rescued days before they were set to ship out of state.
No foals were reported.
The case was brought by the disgraced former leader of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and kingpin of the Virginia Range darting program.
That’s why there are no foals.
How were they able to identify the horses?
Through their darting database.
The advocates want you to think they’re the good guys but nobody’s getting rid of more wild horses except for the federal government.
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A new public lands closure has been issued.
Operations are scheduled for October 1 through October 6.
The incident was suspended due to problems with the helicopter.
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Three full-time openings are available in the Eastern States region.
Salary ranges from $52,770 to $83,918 per year.
Applications are due by October 15.
UPDATE: Another opening posted with applications due on October 16.
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The incident has not been announced but a gather page has been created.
Public lands will be closed but the project folder is empty.
A contractor has been selected but there is no budget.
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The agreement allows KDOC to maintain between 350 and 400 horses at the facility according to a report by WIBW News in Topeka.
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The incident concluded on September 28 with 505 horses captured, 497 shipped, one released and seven dead.
There were no unaccounted-for animals.
The daily reports yielded 506 captured and 498 shipped.
There is a math error in the final day’s results:
The death rate was 1.4%. All deaths were intentional.
The capture total included 210 stallions, 197 mares and 99 foals according to the daily reports.
Youngsters represented 19.6% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 14% to 15% per year.
No mares were treated with fertility control and returned to the HMA.
The roundup liberated 6,060 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.
The pre-gather population was almost 700 and the roundup removed 500, leaving around 200 to repopulate the area.
The herd should recover from the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
This was the last scheduled roundup of FY26.
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The Roundtable participant and signatory to the “Path Forward,” a 2019 plan for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses (sometimes referred to as achieving and maintaining AMLs), said yesterday in a news release that it will keep pressing for greater action to keep herds on public lands—without acknowledging that long-term use of fertility control leads to permanent infertility, loss of genetic diversity and herd collapse.
To date there has been no discussion of what the USDA had in mind when it authorized the $30 million expenditure.
Why would it want the money spent on PZP, favored overwhelmingly by the advocates, when it produces GonaCon?
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Four documents have been added to the project folder.
The DNA Worksheet asserts that a 2022 EA fully covers the Proposed Action, which is to remove up to 500 wild horses from the HMA, and constitutes the agency’s compliance with the requirements of the NEPA.
The Decision Record said the incident would begin on or after November 1.
The news release is silent about permitted grazing and forage allocations in the HMA.
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