Terri Farley

Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Update on Wild Horses Shipped from Palomino Valley

Dear Readers,
My concern over empty corrals at Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Preparation Facility led me to request more details about our mustangs and their after-capture movements

All of the information I've put in italics are taken directly from BLM sources.

"As of December 31, 2015, the number of animals at PVC are as follows: 1,129 horses and 12 burros, "

I also asked for the WHO, WHEN, WHERE and WHY of wild horse shipping.
Although the WHY is still forthcoming, but these shipping records cover the period I asked for, from November 1 - January 1. They were secured for me by BLM Public Affairs Specialist Jason Lutterman.

"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

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Monday, June 30, 2014

In Case of Emergency: Shuffle Wild Horses

On Sunday June 29, 2014 I drove by BLM's Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Center. It was closed to the public, but that's not why it looked deserted.

This morning I called Jeb Beck, temporary director of the Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Adoption center was that I saw so few horses.

6/29/14

I was told that although a few new horses had come in -- "nuisance" horses baited trapped in Ely -- and some horses were out of sight in corrals where there hooves were being trimmed -- I wasn't seeing things. There really were fewer mustangs.

Instead of the usual 1300 captives, the corrals held 950.

Beck told me that young horses were being moved around for adoptions and older mares (5-6 years old) were trucked to the corrals at the Carson City prison, "...in case we ended up with an emergency and we're full."

I hope there's no emergency, hope the horses head uphill, find water and safe haven where they can raise their foals in peace.

But if there is a summer emergency, I sure hope it's not heat-related.

I took this photo a few weeks ago when the horses were scrunched down in a low spot still damp from rain earlier that week.

Yesterday, I still didn't see shade for this week's 100+ temperature.

There's no where to get out of the sun.
Eyes open, all. The horses need our help.

6/29/14

Labels: 100 degree temperatures, adoption, gimme shelter, heat, Palomino Valley, wild horses

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Blood Legacy of Outgoing Secretary of Interior

Dear Readers,

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar ran the Bureau of Land Management for 4 years and stripped the Western range of 35,000 wild horses.

One-third of the captive horses were adopted, but at least 1,000 of those went to slaughter.

Fewer than 32,000 mustangs remain in the wild, today.

Ghost Dancer by Cat Kindsfather

This is your reality : another careless Secretary of the Interior, another 4 years like the last four mean there will be no more mustangs.

Please watch and care,

Terri

Labels: adoption, BLM, Cat Kindsfather, Department of Interior, ghost dancer, horse slaughter, Ken Salazar, mustangs, wild horses

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