"November 5, 2015: A load of 86 horses shipped to the off-range corral in Carson City, Nevada (inmate training program)

"November 16, 2015: A load of 36 horses shipped to the off-range corral in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma.  

"November 16, 2015: A load of 36 horses shipped to the off-range corral in Bruneau, Idaho. 

"November 23, 2015: A load of 8 horses shipped to the off-range corral in Elm Creek, Nebraska. 

"December 8, 2015: A load of 34 horses shipped to the off-range corral in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma"

WHO are these horses? Their coat colors are sorrel and roan, both strawberry and blue, gray and bay, black, brown, pinto and dun.

They're as old as 15 years and as young as one.  Some were born on the range, but many are facility born. Some have strikes listed on their final shipping orders.

Strikes tell how many times a wild horse has been offered for adoption but failed to find a home. 

Three strikes aren't good.
The 3-year old bay with 4 strikes, 2-year old sorrel with 5, and three yearlings with 3 or 4 each are not protected by the BLM oversight afforded adoptees. Three strikes mustangs and horses of certain ages may be be sold outright.
 To whom? For what? If they're fortunate, they might be sold to someone with good intentions.

My Calico Mountains mare Ghost Dancer was a Sale Authority horse.

Click here for BLM's policy  on Sale Authority Horses 

WILD HORSE HOW-TO:  Have questions about mustangs or burros in facilities other than Palomino Valley? Contact that facility directly. If the facility cannot pull the information for you, ask who can and you should be given a name and phone number/email address for someone who can. 

  

 

Labels: adoption, BLM, Bruneau, burros, Calico, Carson City, Elk Creek, Idaho, mustangs, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Palomino Valley, Paul's Valley, Sale Authority horses, Three Strikes, wild horses

BLM Nevada News

Carson City District Office No. CCDO 13-26

For Release:  February 26, 2013

Wild Horse Bait Trapping Effort in Carson City to Continue

in Order to Prevent Safety Issues

BLM to Hold Adoption of Gathered Horses

Carson City, Nev. – On Jan. 23, 2013, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District Office began removing 11 problem wild horses on the outskirts of Carson City, Nevada.  The horses are a part of the Pine Nut Mountains herd management area (HMA) that is adjacent to Deer Run Road in Carson City.  These horses routinely cross the Carson River into River View City Park, where the BLM has received several complaints of people feeling threatened by the wild horses.  The horses are outside of HMA boundaries the majority of the time and residents, especially horse owners, can quickly find themselves in potentially dangerous situations as domestic wild horse encounters can be very unpredictable and uncontrollable.

Two weeks ago, after gathering five of the 11 horses, the BLM took a break from bait trapping due to some community concerns, and the BLM met with constituents to hear their position and  potential solutions.  The community group submitted ideas that were considered, but they did not address and resolve all of the public safety problems.  The BLM has posted the community’s proposals, as well as its information regarding the viability of these solutions, on its website at www.blm.gov. 

“While the BLM recognizes that these horses have been part of the community out here for many years, we also have a responsibility to keep wild horses from creating a safety hazard or threatening the well-being of the community and its animals,” said Leon Thomas, Sierra Front Field Manager.  “We truly appreciate the ideas people provided us for alternative solutions, but after thoroughly considering each one, they won’t truly eliminate the concerns from other community members.  The community has offered a proposal that is a great starting point for working with local residents and the city to ensure we have long-term solutions in place, so we don’t find ourselves in this position again.  I’m looking forward to getting the various groups involved.”

Four horses have been struck and killed by vehicles since 2010; however, the Carson City District isn’t always notified of collisions, so this number could be higher.  Since June of 2011, the district has removed five stallions in response to complaints.  These complaints ranged from concern for the safety of residents’ children, as some of these stallions approached residents’ children in an aggressive manner while the children were riding horses or caring for their own horse, to other stallions that were fighting with domestic horses through fences.  In all complaints, there were safety concerns and property damage. 

The BLM follows the Code of Federal Regulations 4720.2-1, which mandates the removal of strayed animals from private lands based on written request from landowners.  The bait trapping is in response to several complaint letters the BLM has received in past months from private landowners.

The gathered horses will be offered for adoption as soon as possible, hopefully within in the next month or so, at Silver Saddle Ranch, and details will be forthcoming and will be posted on the BLM Nevada website at www.blm.gov.

The appropriate management level for the Pine Nut Mountains HMA is 119 to 179 with a current population of 293, so relocating these horses away from homes to a different part of the HMA would only add to the existing resource issues.  Additionally, the horses could move back to the neighborhood if released.  Any animals removed will be transported to the Northern Nevada Correctional Center outside Carson City, and prepped for the upcoming adoption.

-BLM-

SAY GOOD-BYE

                                                                        

Labels: BLM, Carson City, Deer Run herd, Leon Thomas, Sierra Front, zeroed out

Young people like Robin Warren, above, are welcome at peaceful protests against slaughter of the West's wild horses

Virginia Range mustangs at the slaughter auction. They are confused by the alien environment and dazzled by flood lights.

You have 5 days to plan to join our peaceful protest:

 The next auction is January 9, 2013; There is no time to lose.

If you've read the PHANTOM STALLION books, you're familiar with Mrs. Allen of the Blind Faith Sanctuary. The lady on the right, above, is Mrs. Shirley Allen & I based the fictional Mrs. Allen on her.

Labels: Carson City, Governor Brian Sandoval, peaceful protest, Virginia Range wild horses