Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
A U.S. District Judge affirmed the findings and recommendations of a magistrate in May, clearing the way for a reduction in AML and management actions to achieve it, according to a report dated November 15 by Courthouse News Service.
The plaintiffs claimed that the Forest Service’s plan will cause the herd’s extinction through an irretrievable loss of genetic diversity.
The WHT lies mostly within the Reservoir Allotment.
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The incident began on November 8. Results through November 14:
Capture operations did not occur on Day 7. No details were given.
A mare was dispatched for a fractured pelvis on Day 6.
The death rate is 1.3%.
The capture total includes 253 stallions, 255 mares and 93 foals.
Youngsters represented 15.5% of the animals gathered, suggesting the herd is growing at a rate of 11% per year.
Of the adults, 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The HMA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.
*According to advocates.
Day 7 ended with 126 unaccounted-for animals.
Up to 81 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, before being returned the range with up to 121 stallions.
Other statistics:
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The incident will begin on November 20, according to today’s news release.
The capture and removal goals are 140 each.
A helicopter will push the horses into the traps and operations will occur inside the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, where public access is not available.
The HMA covers 318,499 total acres in southern California, including 71,350 BLM acres, with the remainder controlled by the Department of Defense.
The AML is 134 – 168.
The current population was not given.
The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and grazing allotments.
Captured animals will be taken to the Ridgecrest off-range corrals.
Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.
A 2021 roundup reduced the population by 214.
The incident was reported this morning, according to a story by KRNV News.
Personnel with LRTC assisted.
The article did not indicate:
The horse was returned to the range around 10 AM.
Of the animals placed into new homes, 6,220 were adopted, 1,798 were sold and 27 were transferred to other government agencies.
Approximately 36% of the animals changed hands through AIP, according to today’s news release.
Most herds live in arid environments, lack predators that control growth (man-made) and can quickly overwhelm the (limited) food and water available to them (man-made).
The fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30.
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Operations will be carried out with baited traps and will probably be closed to public observation, although this was not stated in the news release.
The capture and removal goals are 80 and 41, respectively.
Captured animals will be taken to the Rock Springs off-range corrals.
A link to the gather stats and daily reports was not given.
The incident was billed as catch-treat-release.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
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On the reversibility of PZP.
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The incident began on November 8. Results through November 12:
A stallion and mare were dispatched on Day 4 because of cancer. Another stallion and mare were killed because of abscesses, a treatable condition.
The death rate is 1.4%.
The capture total includes 209 stallions, 225 mares and 84 foals.
Youngsters represented 16.2% of the animals gathered, suggesting the herd is growing at a rate of 11% per year.
Of the adults, 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The HMA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.
*According to advocates.
Day 5 ended with 138 unaccounted-for animals.
Up to 81 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, before being returned the range with up to 121 stallions.
Other statistics:
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On resource management.
Link to RAS: https://reports.blm.gov/reports/RAS.
On HMAPs.
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The Park Service will opt for Alternative C—a fully contracepted herd that dies off—and the advocates will be tripping over each other to win the contract to carry it out.
You can be sure that preliminary talks have already been held.
Their faux opposition was showmanship designed to separate you from your money.
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A year ago it’s what the advocates wanted for all wild horses, but now that the Park Service has proposed it for the horses at TRNP, they oppose it.
Actually, they still like the idea, but if you knew that they’d lose your financial support.
Kinda like the one-horse pony telling his voters they didn’t have to pay back their student loans.
The idea fizzled after the election.
The incident began on November 8. Results through November 10:
A mare was dispatched on Day 2 because of a missing eye.
On Day 3, a mare was put down due to a ruptured tendon along with a stallion that had cancer polyps on its head.
The death rate is 1.0%.
The capture total includes 125 stallions, 124 mares and 46 foals.
Youngsters represented 15.6% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The HMA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.
*According to advocates.
Day 3 ended with 122 unaccounted-for animals.
Up to 81 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, before being returned the range with up to 121 stallions.
Other statistics:
RELATED: Clan Alpine Roundup in Progress.
A BLM wild horse and burro specialist said the number could have been two to three times higher if it wasn’t for the 2021 roundup, according to a story by the Steamboat Pilot & Today.
Makes perfect sense. Take them all off the range.
Give everything to the public-lands ranchers.
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They simply guide them in a safe direction, a BLM public affairs officer told the Elko Daily Free Press in a story dated November 9.
“We typically will never use helicopters unless it is an extreme emergency, or we are in a wilderness study area where we cannot put vehicles in there.”
The article looks at resource management on public lands, a topic the advocates generally avoid.
If they told you that most HMAs are managed primarily for livestock, while they’re poisoning the mares with their favorite pesticide, you’d realize they’re protecting the ranchers, not the horses.
For the second time in a row, the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board has passed up an opportunity to meet with the advocates and admire their handiwork.
At the June meeting in Reno, they could have toured Herd Treatment Areas known as the Virginia Range and Pine Nut Mountains, but they deferred in favor of the Blue Wing Complex.
In December they could have visited the Lower Salt River to see a fully contracepted herd that’s dying off, but they opted for the Lake Pleasant HMA.
What do these areas have in common? The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.
It’s not fair to ignore their important work!
If the next meeting is held in Salt Lake City, the Board would have a chance to learn about the Cedar Mountain darting program, also instigated by CAAWH, a leader in nonmotorized removal.
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The incident started yesterday, with 130 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.
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The project will provide accurate production data to ensure the BLM has determined the appropriate population range for the HMA, the appropriate level of livestock grazing therein, and to inform Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s big game management, according to a blog post dated November 6.
If forage production is less than expected, what activity will be reduced?
If it’s greater than expected, what activity will be increased?
The installation of a permanent trap site and application of Zonastat-H suggest the horses are not a priority in their lawful home.
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Western Horse Watchers Association 