Range report Sunday, April 11, 2022. Started out in Barcus Creek, road very dry and dusty, several spots were deep mud ruts that had dried. Yellow Creek where it crosses 88 is very low. I saw about 40 horses in the Barcus area. The windmill tank is overflowing making a mud pond outside of the tank. Centennial tank is full. There is more grass in Barcus than a week ago but is still sparse and…
Very informative article and right on the money. I have been to these areas and there is nothing for them to graze. It is part of the drought we are experiencing. I am afraid that the only way to convince the “ignorant” is to let the horses starve to death then take pictures. It would be a terrible thing to happen but I don’t see any other way to convince them that control over their numbers is the only way to manage them. I am afraid for the safety of the volunteers that have to hide their identity. This is nuts.
This is so disgusting all they care about is lying so they can get rid of all the horses. THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED NOW. Why should they have free grazing when the Wild Horses were there first. They are the most cruel and hateful people in this world they should all be locked up. Why is nothing done to them for being Cruel and very abusive to animals ????????????????????????
Suanne, No one that I know of want to get rid of the horses. Who is telling you that? This is so frustrating for people who understand and care about these horses and the range they are on. One of the things people don’t realize is for these horses to be healthy they need about 50 pounds of vegetation a day. They don’t eat all of that, some of it they trample or defecate on they actually eat about 25 to 30 pounds a day, plus 10 gallons of water per animal. So, a herd of 250 horses requires 12,500 pounds of vegetation every day, plus 2,500 gallons of water. So, is it reasonable to assume their range will grow 12,500 pounds of forage every day? the answer is, only in better times, and these are not better times. Do most of the “advocates” believe in climate change? I believe most of them do. If you believe in climate change and it’s effect on the range how can you believe the range will produce enough forage to nourish the horses, it won’t. And, if the horses are left out there, they will starver. Would it be convincing to do a time laps of a group of horses starving because they were just “left alone”. I doubt it. It is very discouraging.
Suzanne Strunk YOU are the problem you and everyone else who suscribes to the conspiracies. YOU will wipe out the horses-not the BLM or the Ranchers who actually support them and provide water. YOU who believe that free grazing wild horses can survive what is coming with populations uncontrolled. YOU who refuse to follow the actualy science. And those of us who have followed, observed,cared for and prayed for wildhorses since were children will weep because Facebook “advocacy” killed our horses.