Comments on: Calico Roundup: Humane Observer Report for Thursday, January 14, 2010

By: Grant Burtt

Grant Burtt — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:48:28 +0000

The American people have fallen you are parted you must be together once again and stop quibling aver small issues that seperate you if these horses become extinct the people are next..

This is all about BIG CORPORATIONS DESTROYING AMERICA.
next on the chopping block are the people .
dont beleive do you. Revolt against your government. Or we will not survive.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/mustangconspiracy/

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:31:02 +0000

“The Mare died…; (mostly due to stress; lack of feed; water and lack of protection from the elements at the trap site; and the “journey was too much for this mare;

just like the BLM’s journey for the stallions;mares + foals is too much for some of the horses; the abuse of BLM is;

ps best way to see the BLM is look at roundup pens pix !(esp. of the Foal lying out “spread eagle on wet straw !
where they left “Hope Springs Eternal to “perish; and when the little foal did not perish quickly? they shot her !@

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:25:53 +0000

Tell the bison not to go

where they have always been,

instruct the elephants to read

and yield their ancient memories

of where the water is.

Force wolves and bears to learn

the boundaries that have never been-

the ink that lies unseeable

between this tree, that blade of grass.

Teach them all to read the maps

that are invisible. Make them know

what is not real, does not exist

to moon or stars, and stubborn as they are

kill them for not learning

what we will not share.

…for the bison and wolves of the Yellowstone ecosystem and Northern Rockies, for the trees and plants and rocks, for the elephants and orangutans, for the bees and the gorillas, the butterflies and birds, for the voles and nematodes, for the frogs and salamanders and the bats, for the otters, dolphins, whales, and polar bears, for the turtles and the coral and the krill, for the plankton and the leopard, for the beetles and the worms, for the waters, earth, and air…

Do you have submissions for Last Words? Send them to bfc-media@wildrockies.org. Thank you all for the poems, songs and stories you have been sending; you’ll see them here!

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:09:29 +0000

Hey Sue? guess what “dear…”you are busted ! and here is why ? YOU are “hunting wild horses yourselves the Cattmoor co. is and that is why you will be stopped; YOU take living wild horses and you trap them in a trap;
this is another name for hunting; trapping is “hunting:

and here is what you do Sue and BLM; You take healthy well fed horses FROM the plains and mountains; valleys;

and then you force the horses to go with NO FEED for up to 24 hours; then you transport them in a truck for 4 hours with no feed or water; then if any Wild Mustang Stallion; Mare or Foal; should not like the new hay; and if the Stallion Mare or Foal won’t eat their new hay ?

what do you do ? DO YOU IV THEM A LIQUID NUTRITIONAL HORSE FORMULA TO SAVE THEIR LIVES?
NO
Do you give them special foal lac pellets or fortified feed with essential vitamins to get their systems going ?
No; Do you atleast give them a Vitamin B-Complex shot to stimulate their appetites such as I did with foal in OR
who was able to drink milk after ten days of no feed and she is alive and well today: living beautifully on a farm:
NO ! Question: Does the BLM give sick Foals Milk substitute? to keep them alive ? not that I know of…
Does the BLM put hay in front of sick horses NO; if the animal is too sick to walk to hay; this is what they do
so what does Sue Cattmoor and BLM crew do to “wild starving horses who will not eat the new hay ?

1. they let the downed horses who will not eat due to stress; which can be alleviated with certain “nutrients:
LAY THERE IN THE PENS FOR DAYS !
2. and then if the horse will not eat after a few days;

sue takes the horse out back; and “shoots the horse !

and the horses perishes on the spot;

and then the BLM trucks the horse to a nearby rendering plant; which is conveniently located near Fallon

SO SUE CATTAMOOR TRAPS (Hunts) Wild horses and keeps them in pens; and any starving horse who will not eat; GETS SHOT : so cattamoor BLM hunts and shoots wild horses; go see for yourself; they shot atleast 7 Mares atleast one stallion and they just shot a foal !

I recently reported this to Rep. Jim Himes; co sponsor Horses bills; Sue Cattamor also “shot a mare who had a foal; the foals name is Trooper; then Sue changed her story; and said the Mare did not have a foal;

so almost every day the BLM shoots another horse !

sue cattamor to any starving horse; “bang! see ya horse

anne of conn. to sue: sue? “Run around Round Up Sue ?

you are hiss…tory ! I cannot let you continue your insanity of saying the BLM saves starving horses when the truth is you and the BLm starve horses purposely;

LIKE THE PIX OF THE FOAL LYING ALONE WITH NO FEED
like the way there is no shelter for the foal for days; the foal lying there for 3 days with no attention in misery

AND A RESCUE WANTED TO ADOPT THE FOAL; and the Blm told the rescue; wait ; the foal is fine ; no need to rescue AND THEN THE BLM ACTUALLY SHOT THIS FOAL !

this just happened this week and the rescue is devestated and so am I; to leave a foal lying in misery with no feed; no water; no shelter for 3 days and have the BLM say: the foal is fine (on the phone to the rescue
and then actually “shoot the foal; BLM? U ARE BUSTED !

signed: Anne hadley Conn. usa ps do not copy this to Sue; I want sue to be surprised when they close her down; we must stop this before this spreads to other wildlife; this is a horse selling scheme; thanks for the info

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:45:21 +0000

hello; I think Craig Downer; Naturalist and Ecologist; shot the picture; I could copy your email to him;

a great idea; sell some of the pix to give funds to the humane observers so they can continue watching for us!

I will write to Craig and if he replies will repost; thnx! aw
ps in the meantime you could print out a pix; great idea !

there is another shot of a Mare and Foal who look exactly like Freedom ! begin herded up; a terrble scene but the same beauty and majesty of Freedom is seen in the galloping Mare and Colt; Freedom has many offspring!

and hopefully many offspring this spring; long live Freedom/ and the other wild horses fortunate to be free!

By: kas0859ohio

kas0859ohio — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:59:58 +0000

InNevada- “It is not a cattle grazing lands issue it is a Rangeland Health Issue.” I respect your opinion, however, the way for the BLM is handling the the situation is unacceptable. If the rangelands are indeed in danger (and I do not doubt there may be problems) then remove the cattle, too. ALL OF THEM. You can’t have it both ways. If wildlife is suffering due to grazing by horses, then they must also be suffering from grazing by cattle. If you EVER WANT ANY (type) of support from wild horse advocates, then you and other agencies have got to support the removal of cattle. At the very least it will send a message that the environmental organizations supporting the round-ups are looking at the whole picture.
NO HORSES NO CATTLE.

By: Sandra Miller

Sandra Miller — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:48:20 +0000

No, it is a cattle grazing issue, InNevada. Please go to American Herds, http://americanherds.blogspot.com/ and study “The Thriving Natural Ecological Balance: a Comparative Analysis of Free Roaming Wild Horses and Burros in Relation to Habitat, Wildlife, and Livestock Populations” by C.R. McDonald, October 2009. You will discover in easy to visualize pie charts that in comparison to other wildlife and livestock in particular, the wild horse and burro population is very small in each of the ten western states containing wild horse and burro ranges. We are not simple minded, you know. Of course rangeland health is a basic issue, but what is chomping on that range, in what total numbers and degree of destruction to its surroundings, seriously impacts the health of the range itself. The wild horses and burros are not numerous enough in comparison to livestock, in particular, to be causing serious impact. In regard to predators, the wild horses and burros have many – bear, wolf, mountain lion, to name a few – but agricultural interests make sure they are shot on sight. The wild horses and burros, like the wolves and the bison, have been in the cross hairs of agricultural interests for the last 100 years, at least. IF the American consumer benefited from agricultural use of our Public Lands in these modern times, that would be more acceptable, but did you know that less that 3% of our nation’s beef is produced by our public rangelands? In addition, the whole grazing program is heavily subsidized with taxpayer money! If the American people, who own the Public Lands and the wild horses and burros, decide that we want the wild horses and burros on those lands, as we decided in 1971 with the Wild Free-roaming Horse and Burro Act, then that is the way it will be! The scapegoating of the horses and burros will no longer work. It certainly IS, as I said at the beginning, a cattle grazing issue.

By: LOUIE COCROFT

LOUIE COCROFT — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:24:46 +0000

IN ANSWERING THE COMMENT ABOVE ABOUT OVERUSE OF RANGE LANDS, I WOULD POINT TO THE NATIONAL ACADAMY OF SCIENCES THAT PUT FORTH THE REPORT SHOWING WILD HORSES ACCOUNTING FOR L E S S T H A N 5% O F G R A Z I N G O N P U B L I C
L A N D S. OUR WILD HORSES AND BURROS ARE N O T THE CAUSE OF ANY PROBLEMS OF OVERUSE OF OUR RANGE LANDS.

By: Marilyn Wargo

Marilyn Wargo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:02:20 +0000

Janet, Jaguars have been hunted out mostly by ranchers and government agencies for the protection Of You Guessed it! CATTLE! There is a rancher who had a cat on his ranch in Southern NM some years back. He was not hunting it. The Ladder Ranch. I talked to him as it was before Macho and the first sighting in many years. Even the Mexicans have over hunted them.
It is both countries killing them off. mar

By: Marilyn Wargo

Marilyn Wargo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:48:57 +0000

The beleaguered jaguar has not had much favor but I am sure horse and jaguar once met and have in Mexico more recently. It may never be here. mar