Youngster born to a stallion that escaped capture just two years ago that found a mare that had escaped. We are going to miss them very much.
Week 1 of Triple B saw beloved and well-known bands captured. It was a really rough week for our team. For those of us that follow these bands this unjustified operation is not only being done simply to get horses out of the way of cows, sheep, expanding mining and an energy transmission line to feed the industrial complex in Reno, the youngsters are all being shipped to the off-limits facility Broken Arrow (Indian Lakes Rd, Fallon) and their moms are being shipped to Palomino Valley in Reno. Trying to reunite families, identify horses for adopters, is now nearly impossible. This is a really hard “goodbye” to wild ones that have enriched our lives for so long.
You can view exclusive coverage from week 1 by clicking HERE.
Cumulative Totals:
Captured: 937 (358 Stallions, 366 Mares, and 213 Foals)
Shipped: 769 (315 Stallions, 264 Mares, and 190 Foals) NOTE: BLM is weaning all but the smallest of foals at trap. Foals (the most adoptable) are being sent to the off-limits to the public facility on Indian Lakes Rd in Fallon (along with stallions) and mares are being sent to Palomino Valley in Reno. Many people believe BLM reunites all foals. No, they do not.
Released: 18 (6 stallions, 12 mares) BLM is doing a re-treatment of GonaCon to mares given a 2-dose regime back in 2022 that will render them sterile for the rest of their lives. BLM also did the release back into an area of active trapping because they needed to empty pens to move the temporary holding corrals. BLM NV does NOT place individual tracking numbers on the rumps of released mares anymore after the NV Dept of Ag told them not to; stallions are not marked in any way. There is nothing from preventing these 18 from being recaptured.
Deaths: 10, 20+ year-old Bay stallion BLM said put down due to blindness — missing left eye. 5-year-old Sorrel stallionBLM said put down due to blindness — missing right eye. 6-year-old Bay mare BLM said put down due to blindness — missing left eye. 8-year-old Bay stallion put down for sway back. 17-year-old Black mare killed because BLM said “pre-existing injury — fractured left front leg.” 15-year-old Black mare killed as BLM said “pre-existing injury — fractured right front fetlock.” 10-year-old Palomino stallion suffered a fractured leg. 14-year-old Sorrel mare broke her neck. 18-year-old Sorrel stallion put down BLM said due to “club foot — both hind legs.” 20+ year-old Bay stallion humanely put down BLM said “severe tooth loss.”
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54 (16 Stallions, 22 Mares, and 16 Foals) were captured on day two back in the cattle allotments of the permittee where the temporary holding corrals are located. A few days ago, horses were being removed as hundreds of sheep moved through.
Many of you are aware that we are actively fighting the ten-year roundup plan in this area in court. As we are moving forward to get this ten-year plan stopped, BLM basically told the court the horses in the complex are starving because there is no food. As you can see the cows are fine, the sheep are out and… horses are not starving.
54 (16 Stallions, 22 Mares, and 16 Foals) wild horses were captured. Trap moves tomorrow.
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Two choppers relentlessly moved all the horses in the valley back and forth. We could see babies fall behind. This area contains wild horses that moved out of the impact zone of the previous traps, including the area wild horses were released into 2 days ago. BLM NV does NOT place individual tracking numbers on the rumps of released mares anymore after the NV Dept of Ag told them not to; stallions are not marked in any way. There is nothing from preventing the 18 released from being recaptured. BLM simply said “The stallions won’t come back and they would know if a mare was recaptured.”
This trap location is the same one where a crash occurred back in 2022 where pilot error was ruled the cause (flying too fast and too low).
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No fly day due to wind. Two deaths: 18-year-old Sorrel stallion put down BLM said due to “club foot — both hind legs.” 20+ year-old Bay stallion humanely put down BLM said “severe tooth loss.”
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18 (6 Stallions, 12 Mares, and 0 Foals) were released. The mares will never return to fertility after being treated with 2 doses of GonaCon and being retreated before return. The lifespan of a wild horse is 18-22 years. The two doses of GonaCon given in 2022 have an efficacy of 4-10 years. A third does in two years will cause infertility for the lifetime of the mares released (2 are 8-years old and 10 are 13-20-years of age). You can see a lone black come racing across the valley when it sees other horses.
While our team member went to see which horses BLM was releasing, 52 (15 Stallions, 21 Mares, and 16 Foals) were captured at a new trap beyond the allotment fence.
BLM is trapping in an area they claim there is population exchange (in the paperwork) with the area they just released non-branded horses. Will BLM scan every horse captured for a microchip from here on out? We doubt it very much. There is no way for BLM to tell if they recapture a released horse because BLM NV refuses to place tracxking numbers on them anymore bowing to the State Department of Agriculture.
4 died: 17-year-old Black mare killed because BLM said “pre-existing injury — fractured left front leg.” 15-year-old Black mare killed as BLM said “pre-existing injury — fractured right front fetlock.” 10-year-old Palomino stallion suffered a fractured leg. 14-year-old Sorrel mare broke her neck.
One of the old grey mares has a really bad wound.
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BLM began in the north in this section on day one and moved trap each day. Wild horses that normally do not live just off HMA moved into this area and were captured now labelled “off-HMA” and not eligible for return.
In this location BLM has historically used a trap near the highway where the signs for the mine are visible. Today they moved a bit up the road and set observers back over a mile in the trees. Cattle were being turned out as wild horses were being driven in. The day before it was sheep that began to move in as horses were pushed out.
This beautiful family lost freedom and has been separated to be sent into different facilities. The babies will never see mom again and the stallions will never even be able to call to their mares. It will be nearly impossible to even find them for adoption.
57 (15 Stallions, 24 Mares, and 18 Foals) were captured and stallions and foals will be shipped off-limits to public view.
You can view exclusive coverage from week 1 by clicking HERE.
Our team is also keeping an eye on Palomino Valley Center and the mares coming in.
BLM has been making a claim in the court (in the ongoing case to protect and repair this herd) that horses are starving as cattle and sheep are being turned out on the range. BLM claims that some of the horses would die if left on the range. From Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) investigations WHE continues to undertake, we know the average death rate from trap through 6 months in BLM care in facilities is 12% (or 1 in 9) and has risen to as high as 13.8% in just the first six weeks after the Blue Wing Roundup at the Indian Lakes Rd. facility (the same facility foals and stallions from Triple B are being transported to).
While checking in at PVC our team member saw this week old baby burro and has checked back in on it a few times.
Our team will continue to monitor operations onsite and check in on captives as this roundup continues.
Our team member is onsite at the ongoing roundup and we are working hard to move things through the courts to push badly needed reforms to protect wild horses in 5 states, public processes currently guaranteed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and your First Amendment Rights.
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End of year funding is critical to keep our programs running and to expand our work to meet the challenges ahead.
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Thank you for keeping WHE running for the wild.
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