Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
On the range
The ban goes into effect on September 1 according to a story by KRQE News.
Non-profits can apply for feeding permits now.
County officials stated that the horses will continue to be fed during the transition to the new rule.
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The bill would not end wild horse removals from public lands, an idea that keeps livestock operators up at night.
Instead, it would achieve more humane and cost-effective methods to gather equine populations, according to a story posted today by the Las Vegas Sun.
The text has not appeared at Congress.gov as of this evening.
Last year’s version was nicknamed the Save a Horse, Hire a Cowboy Act.
Everything went south when film from the Buffalo Hills roundup showed a wrangler—a hero in the new management method and a steward of our public lands—abusing a foal!
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The next meeting of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will be held June 28 – 30 at the Whitney Peak Hotel in Reno.
A formal announcement will appear in the Federal Register tomorrow, but you can view an unpublished version today.
No meeting materials have been posted to the WHBAB home page as of this afternoon.
The final agenda will be posted two weeks before the meeting.
At or near the Chicago Valley HMA with JenniGives.
The water system was put back in service yesterday but trailcam photos from February show the tanks covered in snow, well over two feet deep.
This went on for at least three months, as “atmospheric rivers” rolled across California and into Nevada, starting on December 31.
With access to little food and water at the higher elevations, the horses either migrated to lower elevations or died.
All this as the advocates, relentless in their pursuit of the horses and desperate for the approval of the bureaucrats and ranchers, press on with their ruinous darting program, now in its fifth year, putting many of the mares at risk of sterility.
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The status on NELIS as of today is no further action allowed per Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3.
The bill cleared the Senate but timed out in the Assembly.
The advocates did a great job painting wild horses as pests, a message that resonated with at least one member of the Committee, who asked in the May 16 hearing if any other states had invasive species as their state animal.
Video queued up to the mark, just hit Go.
RELATED: Assembly Committee Hears SB90.
The real estate agent and PZP darter in the Minden/Gardnerville area did not submit an article for the May edition of Horse Tales, so you’ll have to settle for her testimony at the May 16 hearing on SB90.
Under her leadership, the Pine Nut advocates have snuffed out most new life, setting the stage for implosion of the Fish Springs herd.
Video has been queued up to the mark. Just hit Go.
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The governor, a filthy sodomite, will sign the bill on May 20, according to the following report by CBS Colorado.
Instead of forcible removal by helicopter, the advocates will get rid of them with PZP.
The ranchers just need to be patient.
RELATED: Colorado Wild Horse Project Sent to Governor.
The advocates have their own vocabulary to conceal the effects of their ruinous darting programs.
Sterile mares are described as “self-boosting,” abnormal sex ratios are dismissed as “mares living longer” and “herds aging out” means horses dying with no recruitment.
A “Stay Wild” cap means you’re down with the Montana Solution and protecting them from removal means getting rid of them with PZP.
Some aspects of their programs can’t be discussed in public, let alone be put on paper, such as long-term goals.
The advocates know, and have always known, that Zonastat-H, a pesticide peddled as a vaccine, is a sterilant.
Damage begins with the first injection.
They don’t talk about it.
Non-reproducing herds can be achieved in as little as five years.
They don’t talk about that either.
But that’s what happened on the Maryland side of Assateague Island and is happening now at the Salt River, Virginia Range and other areas where wild horses and burros interfere with animal agriculture.
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The tentative date is July 12 – 13 but a venue has not been identified, according to a report dated May 18 by KFYR News of Bismarck, ND.
Speakers have been invited and the event will focus on the new livestock management plan, due this summer.
The original wild horses of TRNP, thought to be descendants of Sitting Bull’s ponies, were removed and replaced by the Park Service.
Some were rescued by the Kuntz brothers and taken to their ranch near Linton.
The herd you see today is only an exhibit, with little if any historical significance.
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The remains of several wild horses have been discovered near the saltwater lake in the eastern Sierra, according to a story published today by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Personnel with the Forest Service said the deaths were likely tied to heavy snowfall, a product of atmospheric rivers that swept across the state through March.
The first storm hit on December 31.
The horses likely migrated into the area from the Montgomery Pass HMA.
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The Speaker of the House signed the bill on May 16, followed by the President of the Senate on May 17, according to the bill history.
Western Horse Watchers has been unable to find an article indicating that he’ll sign it.
Construction runs from May 22 to September 30, according to today’s news release.
Adoptions and tours will not be available during the closure.
The work may be covered by a 2022 project in ePlanning involving a new shelter.
Nine exhibits were received ahead of the meeting, including two proposed amendments and a declaration of emergency in Elko County!
The following video has been queued up to the beginning of the hearing at 31:33.
The Committee took no action on the resolution.
RELATED: SB90 Hearing Next Week.
UPDATE: Video has been edited. Hearing now begins at 9:27.
The listing on Redfin says the property, known as Cross L Ranch, covers 3,314 deeded acres in Nye County, NV, with access to 13,289 AUMs on BLM grazing allotments.
Cattle run on public lands most of the year, except for a few months when they retreat to the deeded acreage for the off season.
The ranch is offered with approximately 800 head of cattle plus equipment.
There are several pastures with water sources, six wells, 250 acres of alfalfa-grass under pivot and 40 acres of wheel line, visible in the following video.
The Operator Information Report at RAS ties the ranch to one grazing authorization and the Allotment Information Report links it to the Nyala and Red Bluff allotments, both in the Tonopah Field Office.
Nyala offers 13,255 active AUMs on 321,274 public acres and Red Bluff offers 34 active AUMs on 12,125 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report, for a weighted average 39.9 AUMs per year per thousand public acres, enough to support 3.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.
The Authorization Use Report shows grazing seasons.
Both allotments are in the Improve category.
Nyala overlaps the Quinn and South Pancake Herd Areas, as shown in the National Data Viewer. Red Bluff intersects Quinn. Click on map to open in new tab.
The forage assigned to livestock in the two allotments would support 1,100 wild horses.
A nonprofit with a solid donor base could purchase the property and petition the BLM for a change in livestock types and grazing seasons, allowing wild horses to graze on public lands, as American Prairie did for bison in Montana.
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On the trail to Grayson Highlands with Jenny Reed.
WARNING: Some images will be disturbing to viewers wearing “Stay Wild” caps.
The advocates use Zonastat-H and GonaCon Equine to control pests (wild horses and burros) that interfere with animal agriculture (permitted grazing), a purpose for which the pesticides were not registered.
Application must cease immediately, followed by investigation of those involved, public and private.
Both products appear on the same list as toxic chemicals.
Search for “Zona” and “Gona” (Ctrl+F).
RELATED: Multiple Use Applies to Public Lands, Not Registered Pesticides.
The Assembly Committee on Government Affairs will consider the bill on May 16 according to the meeting agenda.
Testimony will not be taken for items in the work session.
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Today’s news release indicates that the animals infected with strangles have recovered.
The facility held 345 horses and 316 burros in March according to the Facility Report.
RELATED: Strangles Outbreak Closes Litchfield Off-Range Corrals.
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