Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
On the range
The alert covers a portion of the Krueger Pond closure area in the Custer Gallatin NF.
For more information about the roundup, refer to the Pryor gather page.
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The incident started on October 17. Results through October 19:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
A stallion was dispatched for a broken leg on Day 3 after transfer to a holding corral.
The death rate is 1.1%.
The capture total includes 25 stallions, 39 mares and 23 foals.
Youngsters represented 26.4% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 39.1% were male and 60.9% were female.
Body condition scores ranged from 3 to 4 on Days 2 and 3.
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 Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within five miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding pens are closed to the public, with the exception of observers escorted by BLM staff.
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The incident concluded on October 17 with 259 horses captured, 257 shipped, none released and two dead.
The sidebar at the gather page shows no unaccounted-for animals but the daily reports yield 37 missing due to incomplete data for shipping.
Operations were suspended for four days due to weather.
The capture total included 75 stallions, 131 mares and 53 foals.
Youngsters represented 20.5% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 15% per year.
Of the adults, 36.4% were male and 63.6% were female, a potential indication of an abnormal sex ratio in the herd.
The death rate was 0.8%.
There were no plans to treat some of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, a huge disappointment to the advocates.
The contractor was Cattoor and the obligated amount was $287,650.
The roundup liberated 3,108 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.
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The incident may already be in progress based on the date in the news release.
The hearing last week was not mentioned, suggesting the agency prevailed.
The capture goal is 100 and the removal goal is 37.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 185.
The management plan allows 107 to 120.
Horses will be drawn into the traps with bait.
Operations, to be carried out by BLM staff, will not be open to public observation.
A map at the gather page shows the trap sites and closure areas.
Some mares will be treated with fertility control and returned to the HMA, presumably with some of the stallions.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the holding pens at Britton Springs.
The HMA is not subject to permitted grazing but is adjacent to grazing allotments.
Removal of 37 horses will not cause irreparable harm as the advocates claim, but heavy use of the pesticides, implied by the narrow range of the AML, will.
RELATED: Pryor Roundup Announced.
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The incident, delayed by legal action, will begin on October 20 according to the news release.
The capture goal is 140, down from 418 (100% of the herd).
The target is horses.
The contractor is Warner. No new awards were found at USA Spending.
The method of capture is helicopter.
Operations will be open to public observation on a limited basis.
The destination of captured animals was not disclosed.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
A preliminary injunction allowed the agency to remove horses above a baseline of 278.
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A new project has been opened in ePlanning and one document has been uploaded.
The entire HMA plus a five-mile buffer will be closed to all public entry with the exception of contractor personnel and observers escorted by BLM staff.
A map on page 6 shows the closure area.
A court order allowed the BLM to remove about a third of the horses provided the remaining population does not fall below 278.
Refer to footnote 1 at the bottom of page 3.
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The incident started on October 16. Results through October 18:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Two horses were dispatched on Day 2 for physical defects.
The death rate is 1.8%.
The capture total includes 57 stallions, 73 mares and 37 foals.
Youngsters represented 22.2% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 43.8% were male and 56.2% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
An unspecified number of mares will be treated with fertility control and returned to the range, prolonging the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding pens are closed to the public, with the exception of observers escorted by BLM staff.
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The meeting begins at 8:00 AM local time on October 21 according to the agenda.
Public comments will be taken at 9:00 AM.
CDA staff will update the team on the wild horse license plate, a source of funds for the darting programs, and BLM staff will discuss wild horse roundups in the state.
More information at the meeting website.
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The obligated amount is $397,025 according to a report at USA Spending.
The capture goal of 640 gives a unit cost of $620 per animal taken.
Western Horse Watchers has not been able to find a gather page or news release but they’re on the schedule with a start date of November 1.
A new project in ePlanning, covering the Swasey HMA, suggests that public lands closures are in the works.
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At the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range with Lori’s Travels.
Fertility control, not motorized removal, causes irreparable harm to wild horses.
Pay no attention to the advocates and their “humane alternatives.”
They want the herds fully subdued with no possibility of recovery.
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The incident started on October 17 with 32 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.
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Images of drilling rigs. This one’s on public lands in the Green Mountain HMA and Arapahoe Creek Allotment, south of Jeffrey City.
The Decision Record said the project received no comments in ePlanning.
See if you can find a wild horse policy statement at Lost Soldier.
How about the Wyoming Stock Growers Association?
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A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking an emergency roundup that would have captured all of the wild horses in the HMA, placed them in feedlots for two years and returned a small fraction after conditions improved.
The news release said the Trump appointee was concerned that the BLM decided to remove the horses before it conducted an environmental assessment, a NEPA violation known as “predetermination.”
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The agenda said the last session on September 16 would cover multiple use and future policy but it turned out to be an update from the BLM on wild horse populations and efforts to improve long-term management.
A article by Wyoming Livestock Roundup said the agency will be rolling out a new program by the end of the year called the Rangeland Health Initiative, which is intended to coordinate programs overseeing wild horse and burro management, livestock grazing and wildlife habitat.
On another front, they are trying to reengage the Path Forward Coalition, a group of stakeholders with varying perspectives on wild horse management and reach out to sportsmen and wildlife organizations.
The meeting was held a few days before the Pesticide Roundtable, which would have added more weight to remarks about fertility control.
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The incident started today with 133 horses captured, none shipped, none released and one dead.
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The incident started on October 2. Results through October 16:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The gather stats say 221 shipped.
The death rate is 0.8%.
The capture total includes 72 stallions, 130 mares and 53 foals.
Youngsters represented 20.8% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 15% per year.
Of the adults, 35.6% were male and 64.4% were female. These numbers don’t look like they came from a population that’s 50% male / 50% 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 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 begins tomorrow according to the news release.
The capture and removal goals are 320 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 424.
The contractor is Cattoor and the contract amount is $213,082.
Operations will be open to public observation on a limited basis.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Litchfield off-range corrals.
There are no plans to treat the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The Complex, consisting of three HMAs, is subject to permitted grazing.
Whenever you see statements like “more wild horses on the landscape than the range can sustain,” you should be skeptical. In many cases the resources are there but your faithful public servants gave them to livestock.
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A new project has been opened in ePlanning and three documents have been uploaded.
Areas within five miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities will be closed to all public entry according to the Decision Record.
The exceptions are contractor personnel and observers escorted by BLM staff.
A map in the Categorical Exclusion indicates the area to be swept for wild horses extends well beyond the HMAs but does not show the trap sites or holding pens.
The incident is on the schedule with a start date of October 16.
PREVIOUS: North Complex Roundup Goes to Cattoor.
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Baited traps don’t sterilize mares, destroy breeding populations and eliminate genetic mixing.
But long-term use of PZP, prescribed by the new management plan, does.
If the judge understood that, he would have dismissed the case brought by The Cloud Foundation, known for its unwavering support of the pesticide, whose attorney argued that removal of 37 horses would cause irreparable harm to the herd.
The October 13 hearing was originally covered by the Billings Gazette but the story was placed behind a paywall.
You can access an unlocked version at Montana Outdoor.
Contrary to a statement in the report, animals showing signs of genetic defects, like club feet, will be euthanized, not removed and put up for adoption.
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TRUE or FALSE: The Salt River horses live the way nature intended.
HINT: The advocates have sterilized the mares, destroyed the breeding population and eliminated genetic mixing.
The herd is shrinking, not growing.
The mares are suffering from injuries and infections.
The sex ratio is shifting in favor of females.
The average age of the herd is increasing along with the death rate.
A normal person, knowing these things, would say FALSE, not what nature intends.
A subversive, not playing for the home team, would also know these things but say TRUE. That’s what you’re getting from the advocates.
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