Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
On the range
Director JJ Goicoechea spoke about the project at the August 26 Washoe County Board of Commissioners meeting according to a report by KOLO News.
To view the presentation, scroll down and click on item 6.C.1. in the lower left corner of the screen. Then hit Go.
A palomino filly has been added to the list of foals by DSC Photography, boosting this year’s birth record to 102.
She was first seen on August 26.
The Saltwater Cowboys have turned the island into a puppy mill for wild horses by skewing the sex ratio in favor of females, lifting revenues from auctions into record territory as well.
RELATED: Chincoteague Herd Sets New Birth Record.
They draw your attention away from the ladder, which is not OSHA compliant.
The article did not indicate if the other tank would be painted with low-flying helicopters or PZP darters.
The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses does, as stated in an undated solicitation for volunteers on Mobilize, a site for community organizers and other left-wing kooks.
There are more horses than allowed by plan but not more than the land can support.
The problem is the way your public lands are managed.
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At the Onaqui Mountain HMA, one of the locations in Utah where the BLM pays the advocates to ruin the mares, with Bear River Blogger.
It’s not Ajax, Riptide or Thunderbolt. It’s Twist.
Those four guys accounted for 36% of this year’s foal crop.
| Name | Foals produced |
|---|---|
| Twist | 12 |
| Ajax | 8 |
| Riptide | 8 |
| Thunderbolt | 8 |
Refer to this spreadsheet for a complete breakdown.
A public relations officer with the Chincoteague Fire Company told Western Horse Watchers on August 19 that the herd consisted of 23 males and 126 females.
The advocates cannot comprehend foal production. Like the legacy contractors, they are experts at herd reduction.
RELATED: Chincoteague Herd Sets New Birth Record.
Consider these remarks from the Lahontan Comment Summary:
| Item | Comment |
|---|---|
| 95 | Agree with herd size reduction |
| 98 | Want horse levels at AML |
| 114 | Recommend the use of fertility control |
| 116 | Adjust the sex ratio to 70/30 males/females |
They were submitted by the Nevada Department of Agriculture during the NEPA review of a wild horse gather plan.
They’re pretty much what you’d expect from a government agency whose job is to promote agriculture, which includes permitted grazing.
What you may not realize is that the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses provides fertility control services to NDA, supporting its mission.
This speaks volumes about the attitudes and allegiances of the nonprofit.
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The incident concluded on August 16 with 210 horses captured, 199 shipped, none released and 11 dead.
The daily reports indicate 198 shipped, leaving one unaccounted-for animal.
The capture and removal goals were 215 each.
The gather page was updated with information about deaths.
Ten horses were “euthanized due to poor body condition with no prognosis for improvement.”
A colt was found dead at a temporary holding facility due to unknown causes.
The death rate was 5.2%.
The capture total includes 94 stallions, 85 mares and 31 foals.
Foals represented 14.8% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female.
There were no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup liberated 2,520 AUMs per year.
The effect of dry conditions on livestock grazing was not disclosed.
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The HMA, located west of Salt Lake City, lies mostly within the Skull Valley and South Skull Valley allotments.
The allotment master report puts both in the Improve category.
Together they offer 20,719 active AUMs on 330,757 public acres, equivalent to 5.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.
As for the HMA, the management plan allows 390 wild horses on 204,674 public acres, or 1.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Therefore, it should be able to support (1.9 + 5.2) × 204,674 ÷ 1,000 = 1,453 wild horses, meaning that 1,453 – 390 = 1,063 wild horses have been consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
What are the advocates doing about this?
Beating the horse numbers down with ovary-killing pesticides.
A report by USA Spending indicates that the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses has received $173,975 for the service, out of $217,549 authorized.
The August 5 schedule indicates 20 mares treated at Cedar Mountain. If that’s on an annual basis, then 40 mares will be treated over the two-year life of the project, which works out to over $5,000 per head.
Would you say that’s a wise use of taxpayer money?
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A tropical storm watch is in effect.
The closest approach will be on Thursday.
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The incident started on August 11. Results through August 15:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Results for Day 5 were not posted until today. The gather page says it’s over but not with 199 unaccounted-for animals.
Two horses died on Day 4, followed by one on Day 5, lifting the death rate to 5.2%.
The capture total includes 94 stallions, 85 mares and 31 foals.
Youngsters represented 14.8% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The name of the contractor was not given.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
Both areas are subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
The AML for Wood Hills is zero.
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On the Virginia Range, where the advocates are attempting the largest eradication of wild horses in Nevada, with Art.
A gather page has been created but there is no announcement at the BLM news site.
The capture goal is 120.
Horses will be drawn into the traps with bait.
The incident will not be open to public observation.
Captured animals will be taken to the contract facility in Sutherland via off-range corrals in Cedar City.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range, suggesting that the removal goal is also 120.
The JMA includes BLM and Forest Service lands.
The ArcGIS Viewer indicates that permitted grazing occurs in the BLM component but not in the Forest Service component.
The Drought Monitor puts the JMA in category D2, severe drought, along with most of Iron County and all of Washington County.
A pinto colt was observed on August 15 according to a report by WBOC News, boosting this year’s foal crop to 101.
The article did not indicate if his heavily pregnant mom was forced into the channel by the saltwater cowboys for the July 30 swim.
FWS limits the herd to 150 ponies, raising questions about herd demographics, current management practices and motives of the Chincoteague Fire Company.
Revenues from the July 31 auction exceeded $1 million.
As of today, the company has not responded to emails seeking the number of adult males and females on the island.
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The incident will begin on September 2 according to the news release.
The capture goal is 350.
The removal goal was not given.
The current population is thought to exceed 700.
The AML is 402.
The contractor will use motorized equipment and bait traps to capture wild horses.
Operations will be open to public observation on a limited basis.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Double Devil Corrals.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
Daily reports may be posted to the Modoc home page.
The WHT is subject to permitted grazing.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
The incident started on August 11. Results through August 13:
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Three horses were dispatched on Day 2, followed by five on Day 3. No details were given.
The death rate is 4.7%.
The capture total includes 72 stallions, 76 mares and 23 foals.
Youngsters represented 13.5% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female.
The location of the trap site is not known. The capture rate suggests that the method of removal is helicopter, not bait.
The name of the contractor was not given.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
Both areas are subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
The AML for Wood Hills is zero.
RELATED: Maverick-Medicine Emergency Roundup in Progress.
The inevitable result of humane population reduction, an invention of the wild horse advocates, is mass sterilization.
What rancher, thinking strategically, wouldn’t support that?
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Most of the debate occurs on socialist media but occasionally appears in local news outlets, such as this letter to the Daily Independent of Sun City, AZ.
Nobody’s talking about the long-term prospects for the herd, which has been ruined by the advocates.
A population target of 100, or any other value, will be impossible to maintain when you’ve driven the birth rate to zero—permanently.
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The pledge will support activities such as
A story by the Cody Enterprise refers to an anonymous donor but the advocates know exactly who she is.
The group’s mission is to protect and preserve the wild horses of McCullough Peaks.
File under: Charlatans.
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