Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
On the range
The northwest corner of the Nevada National Security Sites, sometimes referred to as the Nevada Test Site, overlaps the HMA.
The map at Wikipedia indicates it’s Area 20, with one red dot in the upper left corner.
The National Data Viewer shows a crater in that area.
The measurement tool puts the diameter at slightly less than one thousand feet.
Western Horse Watchers does not know when the detonation occurred, if the horses can access the area, and how much radiation is present.
The incident started on August 15. Results through August 17:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Four horses were intentionally killed on Day 2 for leg deformities. Four more were dispatched on Day 3 for pre-existing conditions, bringing the death rate to 1.8%.
The capture total includes 161 stallions, 198 mares and 77 foals.
Youngsters represented 17.7% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 13% per year.
Of the adults, 44.8% were male and 55.2% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
There are no plans to treat any of mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: White Mountain Roundup Begins.
The incident concluded on August 14 with 110 burros captured, 109 shipped, none released and one dead.
There were no unaccounted-for animals.
The daily reports indicate 108 burros shipped, leaving one unaccounted-for animal.
The capture and removal goals were 100 each.
The death rate was 0.9%.
The average daily take was 13.8.
The capture total included 44 jacks, 56 jennies and 10 foals.
Youngsters represented 9.1% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 44% were male and 56% were female. These proportions are consistent with a random process centered at 50% males / 50% females.
The July 31 schedule classified the roundup as an emergency but the gather page said nuisance.
Attorneys for the American Wild Horse Campaign, Animal Welfare Institute, Western
Watersheds Project and three individuals gave notice on August 16 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit according to a news release by AWI.
Earlier in the week Judge Kelly Rankin affirmed the BLM’s plan to remove 5,000 wild horses and eliminate two million acres of their habitat in the Wyoming Checkerboard.
The incident started on August 13. Results through August 16:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The Day 2 report indicated more foals captured than mares but the actual values are probably 11 and 7, not 11 and 17.
The death rate is 0.5%.
The capture total includes 68 stallions, 97 mares and 38 foals.
Youngsters represented 18.7% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 41.2% were male and 58.8% were female.
Body condition scores were not provided.
The location of the trap site was not given.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
The July 31 schedule indicates that 30 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine and be returned to the range with 30 stallions.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Sulphur Roundup in Progress.
The incident started yesterday as scheduled, with 154 horses captured, none shipped, none released and one dead.
A stallion died of fractured neck.
RELATED: It’s Official: South Steens Roundup Set for August 15.
You could argue that the advocates have abandoned the idea of principal use and have accepted the goal of ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses, sometimes referred to as achieving and maintaining AMLs. Examples include:
Whether it’s HMAPs, videos of abuse during roundups or legislation that promotes the use of pesticides, the wild horse and burro program still operates as a grazing program ancillary, keeping the pests in check so ranchers can access most of their food.
Stay away from the advocates, they are the old guard, leaders of the blind, irrelevant.
RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Right Versus Wrong Edition.
The incident started today as scheduled, with 144 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.
A story by E&E News indicates that cases brought by the following groups were dismissed yesterday by the U.S. District Court of Wyoming.
The full article is available to subscribers only.
But a link to the court’s order was provided, which you can read in its entirety.
RELATED: What If the Rock Springs HMAs Were Zeroed Out with Pesticides?
It’s on the July 31 schedule with a start date of today but a link to the daily reports still hasn’t been added to the Colorado gather page.
A new project was opened in ePlanning today to assess NEPA adequacy ahead of an unplanned roundup because the Paddock Fire burned 100% of the HMA.
As of this evening, no documents are available for public review.
An August 14 report by AP News indicates she left her job for an opportunity in New Mexico but does not say if she’s still with NPS and if her departure was related to the failed attempt to remove wild horses from the park.
The incident started today as scheduled, with 89 horses captured, none shipped, none released and one dead.
A mare tried jumping out of the trap and broke her neck.
RELATED: Sulphur Roundup Announced.
The incident started on August 7. Results through August 12:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The death rate is 1.1%.
The capture total includes 29 jacks, 51 jennies and 10 foals.
Youngsters represented 11.1% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 36.3% were male and 63.8% were female.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The July 31 schedule classifies the roundup as an emergency but the gather page says nuisance.
The BLM asserted that an EA from 2008 fully covers the removal.
RELATED: Lake Havasu Roundup, Day 3.
The first part of the closure went into effect on July 25 and runs through September 28, according to the BLM news release.
Phase 2, affecting a wider area, begins on August 19 and runs through September 7.
Refer to the closure map for boundaries.
Black Rock City, “a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance,” opens on August 25.
The incident was marred last year by rain that turned the playa into a quagmire.
The incident will begin on or about August 20 according to today’s news release.
The capture goals are 31 wild horses and 290 wild burros.
The removal goals are identical, meaning there are no plans to return any of the animals to the HMA.
The current population is thought to be 378 burros and 31 horses.
A helicopter will push the animals into the trap and operations will be open to public observation.
The HMA covers 66,045 total acres southeast of Hawthorne, NV, including 64,466 public acres, according to the 2024 population dataset.
The 104 burros allowed by plan require 624 AUMs per year.
The AML for horses is zero.
Burros identified for removal will be taken to the Axtell off-range corrals.
Horses identified for removal will be shipped to the off-range corrals in Palomino Valley.
Marietta is exempt from permitted grazing although last year the BLM looked at reactivating the Bellville allotment, among others, which overlaps the southern half of the HMA, but then cancelled the project earlier this year.
Horses have the day off. In the Black Mountain HMA with WaybrightVentures.
The head darter-in-charge with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses told This Is Reno in the following report that they baited the horses out of the construction area with alfalfa but couldn’t shut the gate behind them because of boulders.
You couldn’t set up some temporary pipe panels to keep them from going back in?
Lash them to existing posts with hay string if necessary?
That should have been plan C.
For those of you in Rio Linda, her remark at 1:36 about putting a lot of money and time and effort into the management of the horses means they’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past five years trying to ruin the mares with PZP, a restricted-use pesticide that tricks the immune system into attacking their ovaries.
RELATED: Advocates Bungle Sunny Hills Rescue, 24 Horses Lose Freedom.
The incident will begin on August 13 according to the BLM news release.
The July 31 schedule puts the capture and removal goals at 420 and 360, respectively.
The current population is thought to be 606.
Free-roaming horses will be pushed into the trap by a helicopter and operations will be open to public observation.
The HMA covers 265,711 total acres in western Utah, including 230,157 public acres, according to the 2024 population dataset.
The 250 horses allowed by plan, a number the bureaucrats and ranchers are willing to tolerate—not the number of horses the land can support, receive 3,000 AUMs per year.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to Axtell off-range corrals.
The schedule indicates that 30 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine and be returned to the range with 30 stallions, but this is not mentioned in the news release.
Animals removed = Animals captured – Animals returned = 420 – 60 = 360
As of today, a link to the daily reports has not been added to the Utah gather page.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Sulphur Wild Horses Get Short End of Stick.
UPDATE: Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.
