New life at PVC from Humbolt. Even in holding the beauty of this bond remains

The Humboldt Herd Area (HA) is located approximately 30 miles south of Winnemucca, and is about 431,544 acres of public and private land. BLM states:“The Humboldt HA was not designated for the long term management of the wild horses in the Sonoma-Gerlach Management Framework Plan (SG-MFP) due to the checkerboard land pattern found within the HA and therefore, is not managed for wild horses and burros.” The original “zeroing out” of Humbolt was in 1985. A map can be viewed HERE BLM “estimates” about 282 wild horses. BLM will remove 100 in this operation. If you check this map you will see that much of the area where Humbolt lies was once part of the original areas managed for wild horses and many of these areas were “zeroed out.” See map HERE

A few injuries we noted that are similar to those we have seen at temporary holding prior to shipping from the range. These eye injuries (and lacerations near the eye) may be due to a lack of padding near the chute door (however we can not confirm). The staff at PVC has been notified and they will follow up. We will bring you more pictures at a later date.

A total of 37 have been captured and received at Palomino Valley Center to date. You an read BLM “gather” reports here: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/wfo/blm_programs/wild_horses_and_burros/Humboldt_Herd_Area/gatreports.html

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