If you can’t have green beer, ask for green grass!
Vaccine for ‘Swamp Cancer’ in Development
A report posted 03/14/19 by 13 News Now in Norfolk, VA says a disease that infected some of the wild horses on Assateague Island last year is the subject of research aimed at preventing it. The chances of surviving the infection are low if not treated early.
No new cases of the disease, known as pythiosis, have been reported in 2019 according to the report.
Eat Your Spinach!
The mustangs remind you that today is the second Friday of Lent, no meat.
BLM Ends Cash-and-Carry Policy
A rule change announced last May that allowed an individual to purchase up to 25 wild horses and burros per day, no questions asked and no waiting period, has been dropped, according to a report that appeared today in YubaNet of Nevada City, CA.
Sales will now be limited to a maximum of four wild horses or burros every six months, a rule that went into effect in 2014.
The report did not indicate if the limits apply to WHB adoptions.
Montana Horse Arena Collapses
A covered arena at The Serenity Ranch in Bozeman collapsed on March 2 but nobody was hurt, according to a report posted yesterday by KTVQ in Billings.
The facility helps women veterans cope with PTSD and related issues. It also rescues mistreated and wild horses.
Will the Cash Incentive Boost WHB Adoptions?
Adoption events will occur this month in Arkansas, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, California and Nevada. Refer to the BLM adoption schedule for details.
What will be the results for the horses involved? How many will end up at livestock auctions or kill pens?
It’s not about finding good homes for the horses, it’s about pushing more them off the range so their food can be sold to public-lands ranchers.
RELATED: Adoption Incentives Start Today.
Winter on the Northern Plains
The pintos in this video are amazing! H/T Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary.
PZP Zealots to March on Carson City
A group of wild horse ‘advocates’ will be at the Nevada state capital today, urging the governor to resume a ‘humane fertility control program’ for the Virginia Range mustangs, according to a report posted this morning by FOX-11 in Reno.
Members of the darting team will be on hand to demonstrate fertility control equipment and techniques. It’s not about reducing population growth but reducing the number of horses on the Virginia Range. How many of them are aborting, contracepting, and sterilizing in their own lives?
A darting program sponsored by the American Wild Horse Campaign was terminated by the Nevada Department of Agriculture in October 2017.
The Virginia Range, with a population density exceeding ten horses per thousand acres, contradicts statements made by the BLM and ranchers that western rangelands are overpopulated and subject to damage when wild horse populations surpass AMLs, which are usually set at one horse per thousand acres.
That’s why you have to push back against these people.
Adoption Incentives Start Today
BLM announced today that persons who adopt wild horses and burros can receive a $500 payment from the government within 60 days of the adoption date, and an additional $500 within 60 days of titling for each animal adopted.
The incentive is available for animals at BLM facilities, off-site adoption events or the Online Corral.
The current wild horse and burro population on western rangelands is now more than triple the number the land can support along with other legally mandated uses, according to the news release.
That means the driver for the incentives, which appeared in the infamous BLM Report to Congress, is public-lands ranching.
If it was really about saving money or protecting the land, they’d leave the horses on the range and tell the ranchers to take a hike.
RELATED: Wild Horse Overpopulation?, Economics of Wild Horse Gathers.
Mustang Monday
At the watering station on the Virginia Range.
Like the Days of Noah
Might as well stay inside and eat.
Warm Springs Horses Trapped by Snow
Dozens of mustangs on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation are trapped in a valley with no food, according to a report posted today in The Bulletin of Bend, OR.
Volunteers with Mustang MEND and Central Oregon Equine Rescue are working with families in the area to get hay to the horses.
They are also discussing birth control options with tribal leaders who manage the horses, according to the report.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
RFP for Off-Range Pastures in the News
A syndicated report about wild horse overpopulation, originating in Cheyenne, WY, appeared today in national news outlets, many of them left-wing rags only too happy to repeat the lies of their precious government.
A representative of The PZP Channel suggested that shooting wild mares in the ass with contraceptives was better than forcing them off their home range and shipping them to private pastures. Never mind that the land was set aside for them in the 1971 statute (as it exists today, amended by ranching interests).
The original news release, posted by the BLM on 03/04/19, said the current wild horse and burro population in the western U.S. is “more than triple the number of animals the land can support in conjunction with other legally mandated land uses.”
Refer to the Lexicon if you don’t know the meaning of ‘other mandated uses.’
There is no wild horse overpopulation. It’s nothing more than a bullshit storyline to justify current land-use policies and give cover to the government serfs.
RELATED: Wanted: More Off-Range Pastures for WHB.
Camping with the Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks
You’ll find many videos of the Banker Horses where vehicle access is possible but not many of this area due to its location. A real treat! The island appears to be in good condition post Florence. H/T Frecky Knucks.
RELATED: Update on Shackleford Horses.
Cleanup on Aisle Four
The first part of the job was to get the driveway reopened, which was accomplished by cutting the trunk and main branches, and dragging the logs out of the way.
It’s getting so bad out west that when the rain stops for a few hours in the afternoon, we call it a dry day.
RELATED: Bad Tree Day.
Country Kitchen
First Friday of Lent, no meat. Scrambled eggs are good, especially if they’re produced by your own flock (see this video). Other items of interest include meds for the horses, food for the cat and water samples from the well.
Don’t wash free-range eggs until you’re ready to use them.
RELATED: Backyard Chickens – Intro.
Feeling Their Oats
On the Virginia Range with Lauri Duke.
Inmate-Trained Horses and Burros in Arizona
New video about the wild horse and burro training program at the state prison in Florence, AZ, which is sponsored by Arizona Correctional Industries, Bureau of Land Management and the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Inmates are taught how to care for the animals and prepare them for adoption, a process known as ‘gentling.’
Programs like this one have been proven to reduce recidivism, a positive result for the inmates and taxpayers.
The Florence Off-Range Corrals, destination for wild horses and burros removed from public lands in the state, are also on prison grounds.
Nevada Board of Agriculture Meets Tomorrow
The meeting will be held at the Sparks office starting at 9:00 AM, with remote participation from the Elko and Las Vegas offices.
The Virginia Range mustangs are not on the agenda but are likely to be mentioned in the public comments.
These horses are managed at the state level, not subject to oversight by the BLM or Forest Service. They roam on the hills east of Reno.
Eat Your Greens
The mustangs remind you that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, no meat.
