Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
On the range
Willis Lamm of LRTC indicates at 0:49 in this report by KOLO News that the horses were taken to the prison (in Carson City), which is probably the Northern Nevada Correctional Center.
The BLM occasionally offers saddle-started horses at the facility, trained by inmates.
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They want you to think they were caught off guard when NDA took 20 wild horses from the housing development to corrals in Carson City. Nobody saw this coming.
The Nevada Department of Agriculture, headed by a public-lands rancher, gave the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, organizer of the mass sterilization program, and its affiliate, Wild Horse Connection, several weeks to relocate the horses, presumably to another part of the Virginia Range, but they failed, according to a report by The Nevada Independent.
The advocates say the developer reneged on its word to allow them to move the animals.
NDA staff discovered yesterday that fencing and a lock had been cut at the construction site, letting more wild horses into the area.
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Western Horse Watchers reminds you that thinning the herds is a necessary step for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses, but there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
Actually, there are many wrong ways but only one right way according to the advocates.
UNACCEPTABLE
ACCEPTABLE
Next time they’re consuming more than their allocated share of the resources, call the advocates. They want your business!
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The incident started on August 7 with 42 burros captured, none shipped, none released and one dead.
The event was organized by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, whose representative said the removal of wild horses from a construction project in Reno was completely unnecessary, according to a report by Nevada Appeal.
Volunteers with CAAWH are trying to prove that mass sterilization is a practical alternative to motorized removal.
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They were stuck in mud at the bottom of a dried-up pond according to a story by ABC4 News of Salt Lake City.
The mom was so exhausted and dehydrated they killed her on the spot.
The baby was taken an unnamed corral where it was killed due to extreme dehydration.
A photo of the pond suggests it was man made, constructed perhaps by one or more of the permittees.
The following allotments overlap the HMA, with some land extending beyond its boundary:
All are in the Price Field Office except Mussentuchit, which is in the Richfield office.
The Authorization Use Reports (Price | Richfield) indicate that every authorization is currently in its off season, meaning there is no livestock grazing in the HMA.
So who cares if the pond goes dry?
The report did not indicate if it was filled by rainfall or if water was piped from a nearby spring or well.
A story by KLAS News on August 6 says the family was getting ready for a photo shoot when a wild horse galloped by, kicking their three-year-old daughter in the head.
She is now recovering in a Las Vegas hospital.
A video report by KTNV News on August 7 shows the horse grazing nearby.
An advocate wants the horses moved to her ten-acre sanctuary near Pahrump according to an update by FOX5 News.
Western Horse Watchers has not seen a satisfactory explanation of the events leading to the incident nor any calls for the involvement of child protective services.
They were bait-trapped, allowed into the area for water then the gate was shut behind them according to a story by KTVN News of Reno.
The person(s) responsible were not identified.
The horses were taken to an undisclosed location in Nevada.
No other details are available at this time.
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The agency is changing the way it informs the public about temporary closures and restrictions on public lands, according to an August 6 news release.
Notices will no longer appear in the Federal Register but will be distributed via “widely available communication tools.”
The change will align current practices with those of the Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service.
The new rule goes into effect on September 6 according to today’s announcement in the Federal Register.
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She was taken yesterday to the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine for observation and treatment according to a report by Carolina Coast Online.
The story did not indicate if the condition was related to Hurricane Debby and if the foal will be returned to the Reserve.
The news release by North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality does not offer any additional details.
The DNA published last week asserts that a 2008 EA fully covers bait trap removal set to begin this week.
For that to be true, the document must have a useful life of at least 16 years.
Some advocates have argued that a ten-year life, typical for wild horse and burro environmental assessments, is too long.
The EA was not copied to the project folder but Western Horse Watchers sent an email this morning asking for that.
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The document asserts that a 2008 EA fully covers bait trap removal scheduled to begin this week.
Operations will occur in an area south of I-40, east of the Colorado River, west of State Route 95 and north of Lake Havasu City. Refer to Figure 1 on page eight.
The project was created in ePlanning on July 31.
It’s on the July 31 schedule in the emergency/nuisance section and operations will begin this week according to today’s news release.
The capture and removal goals are 100 each.
Excess animals will be taken to the off-range corrals in Florence.
They are likely associated with the Havasu HMA.
The incident is not open to public observation.
The agency is developing a new management plan for the HMA and two others, known as the Three Rivers Complex.
UPDATE: The original gather page has been replaced by this one.
At the Ozark National Scenic Riverways with Tim Layton.
The 8 PM advisory takes the center of the storm across northern Florida tomorrow and into Georgia on Tuesday where it will slow to a crawl.
Assateague Island is still outside the cone but Grayson Highlands is not.
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The 8 AM advisory takes the center of the storm into northern Florida where it will stall, bringing double-digit rainfall to some areas.
The Paynes Prairie horses near Gainesville will likely be affected along with the herds at Cumberland Island, Shackleford Banks and Corolla.
Assateague Island is not in the cone but that could change if the storm moves farther up the coast later in the week.
This is their first update since January 3.
The new crop consists of five fillies and four colts.
Sadly, births have not kept up with deaths in recent years.
The darting program was shut off in 2016.
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A report by Montezuma Local News says 36 wild horses have been removed from the park since the process rolled out in 2019.
NPS has not given any updates in almost two years.
An overview by the National Mustang Association of Colorado says the Park Service wants to capture 35 to 40 animals this year.
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Sand Wash Basin and Little Book Cliffs have been added to the July 31 edition, with start dates of August 15 and September 11, respectively.
Triple B has been dropped, taking the overall capture and removal goals from 20,939 and 19,614 on the June 3 schedule to 18,526 and 17,266.
A preliminary schedule for FY25 has not been published.
A federal judge lifted a temporary restraining order today, allowing the sale of 13 wild horses from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, according to a report by Courthouse News Service.
Advocates with the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group said the Forest Service is shipping the animals to kill pens in Texas.
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