Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
Refer to these reports
They are likely related to a BLM news release dated July 31.
Apparently, the agency has floated a ‘trial balloon’ to gauge interest in new waypoints for wild horses and burros heading to adoption/sale events in that part of the country.
Gather stats through August 20:
A stud was put down on August 19 due to a pre-existing condition.
Foals represented 17.2% of the horses captured.
Body condition scores over the last two days ranged from 3 to 4.
The management plan for the HMA assigns 3.4 times as much forage to privately owned livestock as it does to horses.
The grazing allotments are shown on this map. All are active except Mountain Home, according to the Final EA for wild horse management actions in the HMA.
The issues to be addressed by those actions, listed on page 5 of the EA (page 9 in the pdf), do not involve drilling, mining or logging.
RELATED: Sulphur Roundup, Day 4.
Gather stats through August 19:
Helicopters were grounded yesterday while a new trap was set up.
Mares outnumbered studs by 80. Foals represented 19.0% of the horses captured.
The original goal was 1,600 horses removed along with 200 burros.
RELATED: Shawave Roundup, Day 15.
The operation concluded today, according to a BLM news release, with 390 wild horses removed from their home range. Nine deaths were reported, with four horses put down on August 18 due to pre-existing conditions, including blindness.
The action was prompted by insufficient water and declining health of the animals.
The original goal was 360.
RELATED: Triple B Emergency Wild Horse Roundup Begins This Week.
The 10 AM report said growth was minimal overnight. The burned area was revised from yesterday’s 125,100 acres to 121,800 acres.
Containment has increased to 14%. Storms may move across the fire again today, producing gusty winds and rapid spread.
Another online meeting will be held tonight at 6 PM MDT.
RELATED: Pine Gulch Fire Accelerates.
They dropped off the radar screen on August 11. From that date onward, only ‘adults’ were captured.
Perhaps some of them transitioned but are still in the process of coming out. Maybe the traditional stud / mare binary is just too damn divisive? Or it doesn’t accommodate the full spectrum of possibilities?
As of today, the gather stats show 78 stallions, four horses with a cervix and 14 foals.
So much for transparency. These data can’t be can’t be produced by a simple random process centered at 50% males / 50% females. Try tossing a coin 82 times and coming up with no more than four tails.
Triple B / Maverick-Medicine HMAs
RELATED: Emergency Roundup Scorecard, August 14.
The agency announced today it would be awarding contracts for three new short-term holding facilities and the expansion of a fourth, subject to a 30-day appeal period.
The corrals will be located in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming and will house wild horses and burros on their way to long-term pastures or adoption/sale events. They will have a combined capacity of 8,500 animals.
RELATED: BLM Seeks Off-Range Corrals for Short-Term Holding.
The 10 AM report puts the burned area at 125,100 acres, the largest one-day jump since the fire started on July 31. Yesterday’s total was 87,200 acres.
The rapid growth was caused by 40 mph winds from a thunderstorm.
The map at InciWeb shows the fire has spread to the northwest, away from the Little Bookcliffs WHR.
Containment holding at 7%.
RELATED: Pine Gulch Fire Still Active.
The proposed incinerator, to be built in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center on the north end of the Virginia Range, was approved this week by Storey County Commissioners, according to a report published this morning by The Nevada Independent.
The project was questioned last month in a planning commission meeting about emissions, traffic and possible collisions with wild horses.
Who raised the concerns? Who’s worried about the impact on horses?
The PZP zealots, whose war on the Virginia Range mustangs has already caused more loss of life than an incinerator ever could.
Gather stats through August 18:
A foal was put down yesterday, due to a shoulder injury. The loss was placed in the ‘Acute’ category, suggesting it was attributable to the roundup and not a pre-existing condition such as blindness.
Foals represented 18.1% of the horses captured.
Most body condition scores have been 4 to 5. Observers have been present every day except August 16.
The south, east and north sides of the fire are now under fairly good control, subject to changes in the weather. The map at InciWeb shows containment along a portion of CR 204 on the east side.
Most of the growth is on the northwest and southwest sides, as explained in the meeting last night. The Little Bookcliffs horses were not discussed.
Approximately 87,200 acres have burned since July 31, according to the 10 AM report, compared to 85,400 acres yesterday.
RELATED: Pine Gulch Meeting Tonight.
The Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet September 23 – 24, according to a BLM news release. Instructions for submitting comments or questions are provided in the announcement. The meeting will be livestreamed.
Meeting materials, including the agenda, will be posted to the WHBAB home page.
RELATED: WHBAB Meets Next Month.
Gather stats through August 17:
Helicopters were grounded on August 16 while a new trap was set up.
Foals represented 19.4% of the horses captured.
The five HMAs assigned to the Blue Wing Complex cover about 46% of the land in the Blue Wing-Seven Troughs allotment but the horses and burros receive only 18% of the authorized forage.
RELATED: Shawave Roundup, Day 12.
She led the effort to ensure that Nevada’s wild horses got the top vote to adorn the state quarter, according to an obituary published yesterday by Nevada Appeal.
Today, the group advocates for smaller herds through application of contraceptives.
You see, the only other option is roundups.
Perhaps it was not like that when Bonnie was in charge.
Curiously, the group does not mention her passing at their home page.
The online meeting, set for August 20, can be accessed by MS Live Event, according to a story published today by the Herald and News of Klamath Falls, OR.
Link provided in this announcement. The fire has grown on the northwest and southwest sides, according to the map at InciWeb.
Approximately 85,400 acres have been consumed since July 31, compared to 81,100 acres yesterday. Winds will be out of the north today, with gusts to 18 mph in the afternoon, carrying smoke into the Little Bookcliffs WHR.
RELATED: Pine Gulch Meeting Tomorrow.
A wild horse requires around 200 acres to find enough forage to survive, maybe more depending on the area. BLM says 1,000 acres (27 million acres ÷ 27,000 horses).
That land may or may not have a source of water.
If a drilling rig requires an acre to set up and operate, you’d have to close 200 of them, maybe as many as 1,000, to allow one wild horse to return to the range.
How many drilling rigs are on HMAs? Enough to allow maybe three wild horses back on the range?
We’re talking about drilling rigs, not completed wells, which might require 100 square feet (0.0023 acre). You’d have to get rid of at least 87,120 of them to put one wild horse back on the range.
Alternatively, if you eliminate public-lands ranching on just one HMA, hundreds of wild horses could come out of long-term holding and back to their home range.
RELATED: Hypothesis Revisited.
At Washoe Lake, between the Sierra Nevada and Virginia Range, with itsmissyvonne.
