Week 4 of Triple B barrels toward conclusion as temperatures in the area are set to plummet into single digits this week.  Wind chill and damper conditions are expected to make it feel even colder.

BLM set low Appropriate Management Level (AML) for the combined Herd Management Areas on 1.6 million acres at 472. This is BLMs goal as livestock and mining expand.

BLM never set AML through any data-based equation in these areas. BLM will claim and underlying document “set” or “affirmed” AML. All those underlying documents do is carry over a number set by adding up a number agreed to in each livestock grazing allotment back in the 80s.

We have reason to believe that BLM is removing more wild horses below legally allowable number as their population estimates have been proven wrong numerous times in the last two years. (Learn more  about this issue and take action by clickingHERE)

We are in the courts now attempting to illustrate how BLM has skirted any semblance of transparency or data-based decision making. This decades long reality has short-changed wild horses over and over again. Everything BLM bases practices on today is severely flawed and often curupt.

You can find our onsite team reports:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Cumulative Totals:

Captured: 2,196 (804 Stallions, 881 Mares, and 511 Foals)

Shipped: 2,073 (752 Stallions, 829 Mares, and 492 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: 26, 20+ year-old Bay stallion BLM said put down due to blindness — missing left eye. 5-year-old Sorrel stallion BLM 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.” 3-year-old Black stallion broke neck at trap and did not “die instantly” and was killed. BLM killed another horse, 3-year-old Black mare saying she was blind. A gorgeous 12-year old black stallion was killed after relentless chases in the valley over 2 days: he coliced, was roped and shot. Instead of taking these horses to holding or finding a rescue to take them (as several other states do) BLM NV said a 4-year-old Dun mare and a 10-year-old Black mare had to be killed because they were thin. 15-year-old Bay mare was killed because BLM said she was too thin. 3-year-old Grulla stallion was killed because BLM said he had Wry nose. 5-year-old Sorrel mare, 20-year-old Sorrel mare, 6-year-old Black mare, 8-year-old Black mare killed in one day because BLM said they were too thin. 15-year-old Bay mare died after breaking her neck at the temporary corrals. 4-year-old black stallion suffered a ruptured aorta after capture (we do not know if on trailer, trap or holding). a 20-year-old DunMare and a 17-year-old black mare were killed as BLM felt they were thin and “poor prognosis.” A Sorrel foal died in transportation (we have no more details like age or cause). NOTE: BLM has weaned all foals so far at trap and sent moms to a facility north of Reno and babies off-limits to the public to Indian Lakes R. in Fallon.

Every wild horse being removed from the range and placed in holding sits at the whim of politics and in danger. Please learn more and take ACTION by clicking HERE. 

Newest reports appear at the top. Scroll for earlier reports.

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At the last trap of this operation BLM squeezed off wild horses nearer to the highway off Maverick-Medicine. Pursuits wove through unmarked barbed wire. 33 (14 Stallions, 13 Mares, and 6 Foals) were captured.

The capture portion of the operation has ended…

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32 (4 Stallions, 21 Mares, and 7 Foals) at another trap with practically zero visibility. The last week of this operation there have been multiple areas BLM could have put observers and instead has opted for locations that afford no meaningful observation.

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Observation location continued to to be over 2 miles. This trap is located just a short distance from a previous trap BLM hit for 4 days in row.

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The only place we could glimpse horses in any clear fashion was at temporary corrals.

Throughout this roundup the ratio of “thin” horses has not risen above that of any natural aging population.

BLM killed a 17-year-old black and a 20-year-old dun, both mares, saying they were thin with “poor prognosis.” The natural life expectancy of a wild mare is 18-24 years.

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Observers were over 2 miles away.

86 (29 Stallions, 33 Mares, and 24 Foals) were captured

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BLM squeezed trap for 3rd day. A young black stallion suffered an aortic rupture after capture (ruptured aortas can occur during extreme stress). 63 (21 Stallions, 28 Mares, and 14 Foals) were captured clearing out this area in Maverick-Medicine.

Roping was again predominant and at least 5 horses were roped (a practice that used to only be employed when a nursing mare/foal pair were involved or during a “zero out”).

It is really unclear why BLM did not simply take wild horses on the stock trailers directly to temporary corrals and instead took the time to load onto a semi truck (that had other horses on it from earlier runs (unsorted by sex). Why add such additional stress when the day is over anyway?

By the time processing was completing a flashlight was being used at the sorting chute and any ability of BLM to say they “observed” condition after capture would be absurd. BLM is not supposed to sort in the dark (CAWP standard).

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38 (9 Stallions, 15 Mares, and 14 Foals) wild horses were captured at the same trap. BLM moved observers to over 2 miles from trap that was hidden in trees. The valley is cut with barbed wire marking private property and allotment fencing. There were numerous other places where observers could have been placed.

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The two below evaded pursuit temporarily. You can see the sweat in the cold air.

86 (22 Stallions, 40 Mares, and 24 Foals) wild horses were caught on a day were temperatures dipped down to 8 degrees on the way to trap and only rose to around 37.

Long form report with extensive video HERE.

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15-year-old Bay mare died after breaking her neck at the temporary corrals.

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This small family of 3 was relentlessly chased. The mare took her foal up in the trees to hide where she was roped because they claimed she was “thin” and “poorly.”

Today, a 5-year-old Sorrel mare, 20-year-old Sorrel mare, 6-year-old Black mare, 8-year-old Black mare killed because BLM said they were in poor condition.

44 (15 Stallions, 18 Mares, and 11 Foals) were captured in biting cold temperatures. You can see the breath from these horses even though they are really far away.

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It was a cold as it looks on the drive out with temperatures in the teens. Temperatures are expected to drop into the single digits in the next couple of days. It was hauting seeing one lone horse in a valley previously hit by helicopter.

106 (34 Stallions, 48 Mares, and 24 Foals) were captured and BLM put down a 15 year old mare saying it was too thin.

Our team member is a long way from trap. When you are that far away you can tell how close the chopper comes by watching the wash (the snow rising up) from the downdraft of the chopper rotor.

BLMs vehicle is in front of observers so we apologize for the cut in the video. Triple B horses are so beautiful.

Pursuit and roping of single adults continued.

Our team member was the only member of the public onsite and we thank her for her commitment.

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Our team member met BLM and travelled out to the range and told it would be a “no fly” day. We took the opportunity to talk about loading on range and another team member went to visit the facility where only mares are being sent, Palomino Valley Center. Click HERE.

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A other adult wild horses are relentlessly targeted, the BLM changed their explanation from “to meet objectives” (or numbers on range to the need to capture “bad horses” that might teach others how to evade a chopper.

Please click here to learn more and take action. We need a census flight before this operation ends. BLM did not do a census pre-roundup and relied only on computer modeling from 2023 that was then padded an additional 25%.

Our team member was the only member of the public onsite.

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