Standard Operating Procedure

Because the BLM contracts out most of the site gather jobs, the safety of the animals is the responsibility of the contractors. Obviously the number one concern for the workers should be the welfare of the horses/burros. The Standard Operating Procedure provided by the BLM here is laid out/worded in such a way to ensure the …

“Welfare” Cattle and Our Wild Equines (Part II)

Here is the link for the first part of this post, number 1-11 I think. This is part two. Twelfth is Jackson Mountains, Nevada HMA. This HMA is a roomy 276,634 acres of what I can imagine is breathtaking beauty. The AML here is 130-217. There is no grazing information available on this HMA, though I believe …

“Welfare” Cattle and Our Wild Equines

As promised, here is the post about which HMA's are used for cow and sheep grazing at any given time during the year, if not all year. If you would like some extra info on this topic, I shall refer you here, as R T Fitch is very very knowledgeable about the ever changing status …

BLM Wild Horse Buyer (Part II)

Hopefully, you have already read the unlabeled part one. If not, here it is. I have asked myself many many questions about this case and what went wrong on the inside and this is one of those things. The BLM has "marketing specialists" that conduct telephone interviews, which is how they approve a buyer for …

Fort Polk Wild Horses

Very recently, I spotted an article on my Facebook shared by one of the wild horse pages that I follow. The title was Decision Made on Fort Polk Wild Horses. If you are interested in reading this article, it is here. This took me very much by surprise, as I had no idea that Fort …