Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
On the range
Why would you go through the trouble and expense of ovariectomies when you can sterilize the mares with pesticides?
The advocates are the good guys and have all the answers—if you’re a rancher.
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The bill passed as amended 13-0 in today’s hearing.
Amendments approved by a committee are not incorporated into the bill until they are adopted by the full chamber.
NEPA analysis is not necessary according to the Decision Record.
In the latest incident, wild horses moved onto private lands, breaking through fences and eating hay stored in pole barns.
The project description says they’re leaving the HMA due to insufficient food and water.
The ArcGIS Viewer indicates it’s subject to permitted grazing.
The agency did not indicate if California is a fence-out state.
A roundup does not appear on the latest schedule but may fall into the “Unassigned” category of the Emergency/Nuisance section.
The bill requires an appropriation of $555,000 in FY 2025-26 to help manage the state’s wild horse population according to the statement.
It allows the Department of Agriculture to start an immunocontraception program and creates a wild horse advisory committee.
Funding for a wild horse preserve was not discussed.
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It’s a nonreproducing herd, and the males are actually geldings, but an article by the Craig Press refers to them as stallions.
“While the stallions are the big flashy ones that do all the big bites and everything, it’s those older mares that are really the bosses, and nobody crosses the boss mare.”
That might be true at the refuge but it’s not true in the wild, despite all the fairy tales you’ve heard from the advocates.
Problem is, it’s getting harder and harder to find herds that are truly wild.
Many in the public eye, especially those chronicled on socialist media, have been decimated by the government or ruined by the advocates.
To its credit, the refuge is based on the right concept—purchasing a base property and flipping the preference to horses—but the numbers fall short of the ideals.
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This undated video begins with a view to the south, looking across Saguaro Lake into the Goldfield Allotment.
The horses come off the beach and run north into the Sunflower Allotment.
We know the Salt River advocates would never throw in with the ranchers so there must be some other reason they’re sterilizing the mares with PZP.
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Minutes from yesterday’s meeting have not been posted to their website but a story by Colorado Politics suggests they would, based on their Year One Report.
The bill would transfer the program from the state-owned non-profit to the Department of Agriculture while protecting the funding according to the article.
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There are no instructions for submitting testimony at the bill’s website but it’s on the committee’s schedule for March 13.
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On the eastern side of the Virginia Range with Art.
Just a guess: The owner flipped the sharing from public to private.
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Added two layers to the map and saved it as Rev 1:
The territories are not active at the default zoom level. Click the Zoom In button to activate them. Then click the visibility icon next to the layer name to see them.
A blinking dot on the left side of the visibility icon means the layer is loading.
Territory labels may require additional zooming.
The Legend toolbar button (on the left margin) explains the color codes.
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The Decision Record authorizes the Proposed Action, discussed in Section 2.2 of the Final EA, which calls for wild horse removal by helicopter or bait.
Map 1 in Appendix 1 shows the project area.
All documents have been copied to the project folder.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
A roundup does not appear on the latest schedule.
The news release said that appeals can be submitted through April 7.
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Liberals view reproduction as a defect of nature, an illness to be cured, not a vital part of existence and gift from God.
Thus, their obsession with abortion, contraception and sterilization.
They project these evils onto wild horses as a humane solution to a man-made problem, furthering the ranching agenda.
Their followers line up like clapping seals.
Don’t be fooled by their propaganda.
They are public enemy #1 of America’s wild horses.
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You do not need an ArcGIS account to use the new viewer.
The default basemap is:
Four layers were included:
A legend appears initially, which you can toggle on and off with the Legend toolbar button on the left side of the map.
The Layers button toggles the layer list on and off.
To turn on the allotment layer, click the visibility icon next to the layer name (looks like an eye). Click it again to turn it off.
Same for the other layers.
The Zoom buttons are at the lower right.
Drag the map to see other areas.
The Search button, also on the lower right, moves the map to a town or other landmark you specify.
Click the Home button to restore it to the original view.
Click on an allotment or HMA to see basic information about the parcel.
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Go to the ERSI accounts page and click on Create an ArcGIS Public Account, where you’ll be prompted to supply your name and email address.
A confirmation email will be sent to your inbox.
Click on the link to set up a username and password.
Then go back to the map viewer. Sign in if you want to save maps you create.
The system gives them URLs, which you can share with others.
For example, here is a map of allotments and HMAs along the NV-UT state line, using the default colors and styles.
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UPDATE: Sharing of the demo map above has been set to public, link should work now.
This resource might be a suitable alternative to the National Data Viewer, which now requires a login.
Recommended basemap:
Essential layers:
Each layer has customizable properties, such as labels and outline and fill colors.
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The Decision Record, copied to the project folder today, authorizes Alternatives A and D of the Final EA, minus the use of IUDs. Refer to Sections 2.4 and 2.7.
The new plan supports three tenets of rangeland management.
The new HMAP is discussed in Appendix XIII.
The news release did not mention that the EA still refers to outdated registrations for GonaCon Equine, despite public comments.
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In his March 3 opinion, District Judge William Martinez agreed with petitioners that Instruction Memorandum 2022-014, which outline policies and procedures for administering the Adoption Incentive Program, violated the procedural and substantive requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act and that the respondents violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to evaluate the environmental impacts of the IM before putting it into effect.
The court vacated the IM and remanded it back to the BLM for further proceedings consistent with the ruling.
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NOTE: If you can’t access the decision, click here.
Story by Fox News in Las Vegas.
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He will replace Randy Moore according to a USDA news release.
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