Oversight Review
Wild Horse Education ran a three person team at Triple B gathering information on the range and wild horses. The information includes documentation prior to the beginning of operations and after it ended. During operations we documented capture, holding and what was happening with bands on the range.
The documentation is being compiled into the various formats required for each avenue available to us.
We will publish our final review on our website once it has been cleared.
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It has yet to be determined if the BLM Final EA and Record of Decision are lawful actions.
In addition to the two cases pending in federal court during operations the BLM changed direction and decided not to do fertility control and release nearly 500 wild horses back to the range. The decision making process must come under extreme scrutiny as there was no court order, no public comment, no change in law.. The determination to continue to remove wild horses, and the prioritization of removal of wild horses on the west side first, must come under intense scrutiny. The decision has the distinct odor of politics, not the welfare of the range or of wild horses.
Roundups are now over until the beginning of July. A lot can happen between now and then. We will keep you updated.
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For Triple B?
Triple B 2018: 1389 wild horses were captured. 60 were returned to the range including 3 mares with newborn foals without their families. 28 wild horses lost their lives.
Newborn, just days before the end of the roundup
Image: Laura Leigh