Fourteen horses have been found dead so far, according to a story posted this evening by KPHO News of Phoenix.

Simone Netherlands, ringleader of the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group, told the reporter that the “atrocity shows … just how much hate there is for these horses.”

Speaking of hate, Western Horse Watchers estimates that the group, an affiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, gets rid of about 80 wild horses every year at the Salt River.

Their colleagues on the Virginia Range are getting rid of an estimated 400 to 600 wild horses every year with the Montana Solution.

Who’s the greater threat to America’s wild horses?  Shooters or the advocates?

RELATED: Forest Service Acknowledges Alpine Wild Horse Shooting?

A brief report by Fox10 News in Phoenix suggests they are aware of the incident.

Western Horse Watchers still can’t find a statement at the ASNF home page.

The Forest Service argues that the horses migrated into the area after the 2011 Wallow Fire and are therefore not entitled to protection under the WHB Act.

RELATED: Wild Horses Shot Near Alpine.

The incident occurred in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona, according to a news release on EIN by Advocates for Wild Equines.

Western Horse Watchers has been unable to find a statement by ASNF.

ISPMB tried unsuccessfully earlier this year to stop the removal of wild horses from an area southwest of Alpine designated for the New Mexico Jumping Mouse.

Forest Service lands around Alpine, denoted by green in the Western Watersheds map, are subject to permitted grazing.

The Forest Service views the horses as trespass livestock.  The herd is not protected by the WHB Act, which no longer functions as Velma attended.

The Montana Solution inhibits fertilization by creating anti-zona pellucida antibodies which bind to the zona pellucida of the oocyte, alter their conformation, and block sperm attachment to the zona pellucida receptors, according to the pesticide fact sheet provided by the EPA.

If this is true, why don’t mares bear fruit when the injections are stopped, after four to five successive years of treatment?

The herd on the Maryland side of Assateague Island should have doubled in the six years since the darting program was shut off.  The population at the time was around 80, according to the chart provided by the Park Service.

As of yesterday, the population was 78.

Mares that don’t return to normal function are labeled “self-boosting” by the advocates, suggesting they produce their own antibodies, when in reality their ovaries have been destroyed, or nearly so.

This is not a defect, it is part of the plan.

The advocates treat their cherished horses and burros the way you treat your cherished ants and roaches.

Don’t give them a penny.

RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, We’re Not Who We Say We Are Edition.

The meeting begins October 10 at 5:30 PM Pacific time, according to an announcement dated October 5.

The advocates announced three weeks ago that they have a better way to get rid of wild horses and they’re using the Virginia Range to prove it.

RELATED: Meeting #2 Regarding Virginia Range Mustangs Set for Monday.

He ran off with a band of wild horses eight years ago and his owner gave up the search three years later.

But the two have been reunited according to a story by KUTV News of Salt Lake City.

The article said he was picked up “when BLM managers rounded up a herd of mustangs near military property in Tooele County in the last week of September.”

That was probably Cedar Mountain.

The gather page does not mention the capture or release of a branded/claimed horse.

The Assateague Island Alliance reports 78 wild horses living on the Maryland side of the island as of today, compared to 78 horses a year and a half ago.

Seven foals were born this year.

The herd could only generate a nine percent birth rate, and a zero percent growth rate, six years after the darting program was shut off.

Could this explain why the Park Service stopped publishing census results?

The advocates no longer point to the island as a paragon of wild horse management.

They are now trying to ruin the Virginia Range and Salt River herds.

RELATED: Park Service Goes Underground with Assateague Horse Census?

Livestream.

Agenda.

Meeting materials.

RELATED: WHBAB Meeting Materials Omit Key Data.

The incident began on September 12.  Results through October 3:

Body condition scores indicate more horses than allowed by plan, not more horses than the land can support.  If the horses were starving the scores would be lower.

More information may be available in the land of make-believe on socialist media.

• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Unknown
• Captured: 311
• Average daily take: 14.1
• Capture goal: Unknown
• Removal goal: Unknown
• Returned: Unknown
• Deaths: Unknown
• Shipped: Unknown
• Unaccounted-for: Unknown
• Location of trap: Unknown
• Destination of captured animals: Unknown
• Horses allowed by plan (AML): 402
• Forage assigned to horses: 4,824 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: Unknown
• Forage assigned to livestock inside WHT: 15,711 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from WHT by permitted grazing: 1,309
• True AML: 1,711
• Stocking rate at new AML: 6.6 horses per thousand acres

The government collects $21,210 per year in grazing fees from ranching activity inside the WHT while it spends $2,388,925 per year to care for the horses displaced thereby.

Would you say that permitted grazing is a wise use of the public lands?

All of this could be avoided—foals, adults, all of them—with patience and an aggressive darting program.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup, Day 15, Managing for Livestock Edition.

They were stolen from Spanish colonizers and in the attempt to recover them, some were lost in the fray near today’s Nevada-Utah border, according to a report by KZMU Community Radio of Moab, UT.

The BLM thinned the herd by roughly 60% earlier this year, not to protect rangeland health as indicated in the article, but to protect the public-lands ranchers.

Not mentioned in the story:

• Livestock receive 3.4 times more forage than the horses
• About 850 horses have been displaced from the HMA by permitted grazing
• No foals were captured in the roundup
• The herd is shrinking without the aid of helicopters
• The HMA has an HMAP

RELATED: Lots to Celebrate at Sulphur HMA, If You’re an Advocate.

A pledge from the National Mustang Association increased the payout from $10,000 to $20,000.

It’s not clear from the BLM news release if it’s the group in Colorado, Utah or somewhere else.

The advocates in Colorado are helping NPS remove wild horses from Mesa Verde National Park.

Those in Utah run cattle on a BLM grazing allotment that overlaps the Tilly Creek and Bible Spring HMAs.

The IRS Form 990 suggests it’s the group in Utah.

RELATED: No Leads in Shootings of Jakes Valley Horses?

None of the reports show the forage assigned to livestock inside the HAs and HMAs.

The HA/HMA Report provides acreage, AMLs and current populations, but does not tell the American people how the resources in those areas have been allocated.

Western Horse Watchers believes those numbers would show that HAs are managed principally for livestock, while most of the HMAs, a subset of the HAs, are managed primarily for livestock.

If you neglect wildlife, the HAs—the lawful home of wild horses and burros—would be managed exclusively for livestock.

The report should include (1) the AUMs assigned to horses/burros and livestock, (2) percentages of forage assigned to horses/burros and livestock, (3) horses/burros displaced from each area by permitted grazing, (4) the costs of holding those animals in off-range corrals compared to the fees paid by ranchers occupying those areas, and (5) the True AMLs, to be achieved by confining the ranchers to their base properties.

Don’t look to the advocates for leadership in this regard.  They’re down with the ranching agenda, indicated by their near-unanimous support of the Montana Solution.

The meeting starts tomorrow.

The Board is dominated by ranchers and ranching sympathizers.

The wild horse and burro program has been a drag on the grazing program for 50 years.

RELATED: WHBAB Meeting Materials Out for Review.

On the Navajo Nation with Ron Toahani Jackson.

The incident began on August 19.  Progress has been slow and burros have been shipped the same day they are trapped.

As of September 30, 19 animals have been captured and 19 have been shipped, according to reports at the gather page.

The total includes eleven jacks, six jennies and two foals.

Youngsters represented 10.5% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 64.7% were male and 35.3% were female.

The HA, no longer managed for burros, lies mostly within the Lazy Daisy Allotment.

The trap may be located near Fenner Spring, west of the HA, the only water source for the burros.

The capture and removal goals are 60 each.

To date, there are no unaccounted-for animals.

RELATED: Piute Roundup in Progress.

Suppose you wanted to provide your readers with a list of posts involving the Montana Solution, referred to by the advocates as a better way (to get rid of wild horses).

The search term(s) should be added after “?s=” in the link.  For example,

https://westernhorsewatchers.com/?s=montana+solution

Multiple terms should be joined with plus signs.

https://westernhorsewatchers.com/?s=cherished+wild+horses

Acronyms also work:

https://westernhorsewatchers.com/?s=aum

Results may include posts involving AUMs.

Western Horse Watchers has no control over the format and order of the results.

The Western Horse Watchers QR code can be found here.

The incident concluded yesterday, according to a statement at the gather page, with 863 horses captured, 837 shipped, none released and 26 dead.

The capture goal was 1,076 and the removal goal was 1,036.

There were no unaccounted-for animals.

Data quality was good.

The death rate was 3.0%.

The capture total included 330 stallions, 400 mares and 133 foals.

Youngsters represented 15.4% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 10% per year.

Of the adults, 45.2% were male and 54.8% were female, within the expected range of variation of a random process centered at 50% males / 50% females.

The plan was to treat up to 40 mares with fertility control and return them to the Complex but the release may occur at a later date.

Captured animals were taken to the off-range corrals in Fallon, NV.

The Complex is subject to permitted grazing but the forage assigned to livestock inside the five HMAs and the number of horses displaced thereby are not known.

The latest schedule still shows capture and removal goals of 1,556 and 1,445.

RELATED: Calico Roundup Announced.

UPDATE: The BLM news release said approximately 40 mares will be treated with fertility control and be released back to the Complex at a later date.

How many members of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board are ranchers or ranching sympathizers?  Refer to the member biographies for clues.

Western Horse Watchers offers the following assessment:

• Vernon Bleich – Unknown
• Susan McAlpine – Ranching sympathizer
• Steven Yardley – Rancher
• Ursula Bechert – Unknown
• James French – Ranching sympathizer
• Tammy Pearson – Rancher
• Celeste Carlisle – Ranching sympathizer
• Tom Lenz – Ranching sympathizer
• Barry Perryman – Ranching sympathizer

Classifications are subject to change after viewing the October meeting.

BONUS QUESTION: How many members are shills for the drillers and miners?

RELATED: WHBAB Meeting Announced.

The incident began on September 10.  Gather stats through September 30:

• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Category: Cruel and costly (advocates have a better way)
• Captured: 863, up from 802 on Day 19
• Average daily take: 41.1
• Capture goal: 1,076
• Removal goal: 1,036
• Returned: None
• Deaths: 26, up from 25 on Day 19
• Shipped: 776, up from 725 on Day 19

The figures above are based on the daily reports, not the totals posted by the BLM.

Gather ops concluded on Day 21.

A mare was put down on Day 20 due to a pre-existing injury.

The death rate is 3.0%.

The capture total includes 330 stallions, 400 mares and 133 foals.

Youngsters represented 15.4% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 45.2% were male and 54.8% were female.

The herd can’t be growing at a rate of 20% per year with a birth rate of 15% per year.

Body condition scores were not provided.

The location of the trap was not disclosed.

The HMAs and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.

Day 21 ended with 61 unaccounted-for animals.

Mares treated with fertility control may be returned to the area at a later date.

Other statistics:

• Horses allowed by plan (AML): 952
• Forage assigned to horses: 11,424 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 1,593
• Forage liberated to date: 10,356 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 8,630 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: Unknown
• Horses displaced from Complex by permitted grazing: Unknown
• True AML: Unknown
• Stocking rate at new AML: Unknown
• Horses displaced from Complex by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

The pre-gather population exceeded the AML but not necessarily the number of horses the land can support.

RELATED: Calico Roundup, Day 19.

The incident began on September 26, according to the gather page.

As of today, four horses have been trapped and four have been shipped.

The capture and removal goals are 200 each.

The pre-gather population was thought to be around 230.

RELATED: Pokegama Roundup Rebooted.

The facility remains closed due to a strangles outbreak, according to a report posted today by Cowboy State Daily.

Eighteen horses have died.

The Facility Report provided with other materials for the October WHBAB meeting indicates a capacity of 3,500 animals, with 2,640 horses and 29 burros warehoused there as of September 19.

The BLM spends about $4.8 million per year to care for those animals while it collects around $43,000 per year in grazing fees from ranchers occupying their lawful home.

RELATED: BLM Extends Wheatland Closure.