BLM refuses to help distressed yearling “thrashing around in pen” during heat wave

Protect Mustangs and our volunteers did not take the photo referred to. The photo was taken by Nevada wild horse advocate, Patty Bumgarner.

Protect Mustangs’ preliminary video report exposing the dead filly is below in memory of ‘Shadow’.

 

Statement from Kathy McCovey

Dear Anne,

I live approximately 1.5 miles from the Palomino Valley Wild horse and adoption facility in Reno, NV

I am and have been for as along as I lived here (18 years) watching those poor horses have to deal with in-climate weather conditions.  Being a horse lover and horsewoman for over 40 years, I know horses well.  I know they are miserable and distressed when they have to deal without benefit of any kind of shelter at all in the severe weather conditions that we have out here. To name a few that are typical for this area are wind storms with 65mph sustained winds and gusts reaching as high as 114 mph, blizzards, hail, severe heat and cold.

While my own horses have shelter, it does not sit well with me when I have seen what the horses at PVC have to deal with.  I watched one Easter Sunday when the temperature was 28 degrees and the wind was blowing at sustained 35mphs a mare birthing a filly in the flying dirt/manure debris and cold…. That baby was wet and the wind chill had to be 15. The next day I went to the facility and asked to see them as they had been moved to another pen.   I do care and I am concerned, which brings me to this next episode.

On July 2nd at approximately 12:30 pm I saw a Facebook posting from Patty Bumgaurner of a bay filly in the yearling pen that was in obvious distress due to the heat.  It was 101 degrees in the shade and probably 106 or higher out of it.  This filly was no longer sweating, down and thrashing, her tail wrapped around her body on the under side like she had collapsed, her anus and vulva was prolapsed, and the look on her face was one of despair.

I immediately called PVC BLM and told them they had a filly down and was in distress in the yearling pen.  The woman on the phone argued with me like I didn’t know what I was talking about, the horse was sleeping or sunning itself. I then informed her I was a 40 year plus horse woman that I knew what heat distress looked like, and my own horse had been sick from the heat just the day before.

She continued to argue with me, tell me that wild horses were different, they were fine and that if I didn’t like what she was telling me (refusing to get help for this baby) that I could call her boss at the Washington D.C. BLM.   So I hung up with her and called the BLM in D.C with the number she gave me.

Again I was met with the same resistance to get this filly some help.  I was told by BLM in D.C. that they had installed sprinklers for the horses. That wasn’t going to help this filly, she needed immediate attention, and added as far as their sprinklers,  I only saw one!  (Two days later I saw on a Face book press release from BLM several different photos depicting horses standing in the sprinkler)   My whole point is, I tried to get this filly some help and was refused by both the facility and the Washington D.C. office.

I found out today by someone else was concerned about the horses welfare, had gone out on the same day, much later in the day, that had taken video that  included footage of this same filly dead.

I am enclosing a picture of the filly posted on July 2nd at 12:39 pm.  You may have the time water mark for the video that shows this same filly dead and the bull dozer coming to get her out of the pen.  I want you to note the other horses in the background of this photo also appear in video.  This IS the same filly, and despite my efforts of trying to help for her, BLM did nothing and let her die!

I have attached this photo and also enclosed it.

Sincerely,

Kathy McCovey

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For immediate release

BREAKING NEWS: Citizen investigation reveals wild horses are sick and dying at national adoption center without shade

Video report calls for Secretary Jewell to intervene with emergency shelters

RENO,Nv (July 8 2013)–Protect Mustangs is releasing a preliminary video report of captive wild horses denied shade in the recent triple-digit heat wave. Anne Novak, executive director of Protect Mustangs, America’s indigenous horse conservation group, has been leading a nationwide outreach campaign (#Shade4Mustangs) on Facebook and Twitter to bring shade to captive wild horses and burros at Palomino Valley Center outside Reno, and elsewhere. Last week’s heat wave broke records. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) refused to install shade despite Novak and Senator Mark Manendo’s requests, outcry from the public and other groups. Protect Mustangs conducted a field investigation during the heat wave with the help of Reno photographer Taylor James, Jim Hart the President of Liberty for Horses and Dennis Walker. The video report calls for the new Interior Secretary, Sally Jewell, to have compassion and bring emergency shade because captive mustangs are sick and dying. In the wild they can migrate to shade and cooler zones. Trapped in pens it’s cruel to deny them access to shade and shelter.

“The BLM’s historic disregard for America’s wild horses is a global embarrassment,” states Anne Novak. “We hope the new Secretary of Interior, Sally Jewell, will intervene to bring them shade and call for a moratorium on roundups for population studies, based on science of course. They’re underpopulated on the range now. That’s why they are breeding at a higher rate–to prevent extinction.”

The heat wave investigation found horses without shade who appear to have respiratory illness, as well as ones who have other illneses and diseases. They are exhausted from repeated exposure to triple-digit temperatures, sore, stiff, probably lame foals, lactating mares, and young wild horses who also appear dehydrated, obese horses, hot sweaty horses and hot horses not sweating, young horses not wanting to get up and eat, who are ill or dying as well as a dead filly the group named “Shadow”.

When the summer heat started to rise on June 9th Anne Novak & Senator Manendo officially called for shade for more than 1,800 captive wild horses at Palomino Valley Center, the largest short-term federal holding facility in America.

Novak uses Facebook & Twitter to reach thousands of people through her widespread outreach. Celebrities such as Daryl Hannah, and Holly Marie Combs graciously shared out Novak’s calls for shade.

On June 24, 2013, esteemed Dr. Lester Friedlander BA DVM called for an emergency action to bring shelter to the wild horses and burros.

Novak continued to contact elected officials, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) personnel and the newly appointed Secretary of Interior, Sally Jewell, requesting shade to prevent deaths from the upcoming heat wave. To this date she has not heard back from Secretary Jewell.

No shade was provided in triple-digit heat–only a handful of ineffective sprinklers for “mitigation”. Neither Protect Mustangs nor Dr. Friedlander suggested using sprinklers. They requested shade and shelter.

Dr. Friedlander DVM and Anne Novak warned the Bureau of Land Management that the wild horses would suffer disease, infections and heat related deaths without shelter from the heat.

Protect Mustangs has been working with Dr. Lester Friedlander BA, DVM, photographer Taylor James, Jim Hart, President of Liberty for Horses, Dennis Walker and other advocates to document the fiasco during the record-breaking heat wave and advocate for change–shelters for wild horses and burros in holding facilities.

Despite the BLM’s ‘sprinkler mitigation’ PR campaign, the Protect Mustangs’ investigation found sick, sore, horses as well as a dead filly hours before the BLM facility official, Jeb Beck, gave Fox News an interview about the ‘sprinklers’.

In his July 2nd Fox News interview Beck says: “We’ve never experienced any problems with the heat and whatnot,” says Beck. “Because of the publicity it’s getting, we wanted to make a proactive step and try suggestions that were brought to us.” – (See more at:http://www.foxreno.com/news/news/local/wild-horses-trying-beat-heat/nYcsD/#sthash.xNDnlcmV.dpuf)

“We witnessed several young wild horses who would not get up,” says Jim Hart, President of Liberty for Horses. “They were just lying there. The heat wave seemed to have taken its toll on them. Then we found ‘Shadow’ who had died. The horses in the pen were coming over as if to say good-bye. When we came back to the pen later Shadow’s body had disappeared.”

Eye witnesses have documented the following during the heat wave:

1.) Triple-digit temperatures

2.) No shade and no relief from the record-breaking heat

3.) No shelter from the strong winds and dust storms

4.) One or No sprinklers seen (depending on the day)

5.) Wild horses stayed away from the sprinkler.

6.) Lactating mares and foals appeared depressed, sore and dehydrated

7..) Horses with bad hoof care

8.) A lot of depressed horses and possibly ill horses

9.) Horses missing their tags

10.) Horses with respiratory illness

11.) Obese horses

12.) Yearlings and other horses who were lying down, breathing hard and not getting up to eat.

13.) Most of them had severe gas

14.) A dead bay filly named Shadow in the pens

15.) The dead filly named Shadow “disappeared” when they came back to the pen

The public wants to know “How many had died? And why is the BLM hiding the deaths?”

Novak has requested the mortality count during the heat wave since June 27 and wants to know the number of sick horses also. Witnesses Hart & Walker asked to view the sick pens but were denied permission to view from a distance.

Palomino Valley Center doesn’t keep track of the dead unbranded foals according to Heather Emmons Jasinki, Public Affairs Officer for the Bureau of Land Management.

“We are requesting immediate transparency and accountability for the mortality rates at all facilities as well as shade and shelter for the captive wild horses and burros,” states Novak. “These wild horses should be living with their families in freedom on the range not enduring cruelty in a government holding pen. Is it time for another agency–without a conflict of interest–to manage America’s native wild horses and burros?”

Less than 18,000 native wild horses and burros are estimated to be living in freedom in all ten western states combined. Today more than 50,000 are stockpiled in government funded holding–at risk of disappearing into the slaughter pipeline. Horse advocates want to see them returned to the range.

The National Academy of Sciences has stated there is no accurate population count. Protect Mustangs, AANHCP and other horse advocate groups know that when a scientific population study is done, the numbers will be very low.

The BLM’s population numbers have been inflated by BLM to justify costly roundups and removals for the public land grab and industrialization.

“The BLM requires adopters to provide ‘access to shelter’ so why aren’t they doing the same?” asks Dennis Walker from Northern California. “It was horrible to see these horses surfing with no shade.”

“They are all so sweet and young,” says James. “I’ve been visiting them sometimes twice a day, to check on them. They would be flaring their nostrils and after the first day they didn’t sweat as much. I was worried. After a few days some would not eat but clearly were weak and dehydrated. They should have never been removed from the range, It’s not fair that Shadow died because the BLM didn’t want to give them shade while they sit in their air conditioned offices, drinking their fresh, cold water.”

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Media Contacts:

Anne Novak, 415.531.8454 Anne@ProtectMustangs.org

Kerry Becklund, 510.502.1913 Kerry@ProtectMustangs.org

Photos, video and interviews available upon request

Links of interest:

Captive wild horses need shade, advocates say, Horsetalk, NZ:http://horsetalk.co.nz/2013/07/02/captive-wild-horses-need-shade-advocates-say/#axzz2YQ4084gM

How many foals are dying after roundups?: http://protectmustangs.org/?p=4246

BLM’s email revealing they are not counting the unbranded dead amongst the 37 dead mustangs at the Nevada facility http://protectmustangs.org/?p=4220

NPR: Fertility drug, nature, better than horse roundups  http://newsle.com/article/0/78084688/

Information on native wild horses: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=562

Wild-horse advocates: Rallies held in 50 states to drum up opposition to roundups, slaughter http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/80561cc4e8a64b43ae909f7d09a0473e/NV–Wild-Horses-Rallies

Animals Angels investigative report: http://www.animalsangels.org/the-issues/horse-slaughter/foia-requests/497-blm-nevada-mortality-records-a-nevada-rendering-animals-angels-foia-request-reveals-discrepancies.htm

ProPublica: All the missing horses: What happened to the wild horses Tom Davis bought from the gov’t?http://www.propublica.org/article/missing-what-happened-to-wild-horses-tom-davis-bought-from-the-govt

Palomino Valley Center: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/wh_b/palomino_valley_national.html

Protect Mustangs’ press releases: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=12

Anne Novak quotes at Newsle: http://newsle.com/AnneNovak

Protect Mustangs in the news: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=218

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdM2NrJcX8o&feature=c4-overview&list=UUX02ydgQl6GSD0XdTBz9vaQ

 

Baby Diamond was rescued!

 

Cruel way to drag foal by pulling bailing twine around their neck (Photo © Bo Rodriguez)

Cruel way to drag foal by pulling bailing twine around their neck (Photo © Bo Rodriguez)

 

Good News! Baby Diamond (pictured above) and her Mama were rescued from the auction by our friends at Hidden Valley Wild Horse Protection Fund. The pair has found an adopter.

“Thank you to everyone who protested, networked and donated to help save the 41 Virginia Range wild horses from probable slaughter,” said Anne Novak, executive director of California-based Protect Mustangs.

“It goes to show the love and respect that not only Nevadans have for the Virginia Range horses, but also the people across the country and around the world who contributed money needed to purchase these horses back from the state of Nevada,” said Shannon Windle, director of the Hidden Valley Wild Horse Protection Fund.

Members of the public around the world are encouraged to contact Governor Sandoval and tell him you don’t want native wild horses sold at auctions where kill buyers shop. Ask him to give the horses to local advocacy groups rather than sell them into the slaughter pipeline.

Call, email and/or fax Nevada’s Governor Brian Sandoval,
http://gov.nv.gov/contact/governor/

Office Phone: (775) 684-5670

Office Fax: (775) 684-5683

Tweet ©GOVSandoval  Use #NEVADA to let the Governor know you want them protected!

Let the Nevada Bureau of Tourism know you don’t like this! @TravelNevada on Twitter and

Mailing Address

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Call Us

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What happened to wild mama Cleo and her foal?

Is Cleo (mare #04616386) still alive at the BLM’s long-term holding or was she sold to a pro-slaughter buyer?

When I helped an adopter track down the Litchfield 11 filly known as “Lily” I requested more information about Cleo who was shipped to long-term holding last spring.

We have an adopter interested in saving Cleo and her foal if they are still alive.

I have been worried about the Calico mare seen in the video below. Is she still alive? Was she sold into the slaughter pipeline? What happened to her foal? What happens to all the foals born in long-term holding?

I will keep you posted as the information comes in. Right now I’d like to shine the light on this issue and share my emails with you.

But first if you haven’t met her yet, meet Cleo:

Best wishes,

Anne

——– Original Message ——–

Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386
From:

Date: Fri, November 30, 2012 3:16 pm

To: “Collins, Deborah A” <dacollin@blm.gov>
Dear Ms. Collins,

Will you confirm that Calico mare #04616386 is alive and well and living at the Nowata facility or was she sold to a pro-slaughter buyer such as Tom Davis with other wild horses by the truckload?

Where exactly will the weanlings go? Where will they receive their identification numbers? Or have they already?

Please provide us with an identification list for the weanlings and accountability for any of the 130 who die.

What vaccinations are given to the weanlings at the long-term pastures and what is their age range at the time of receiving the vaccinations?

Do you have a link for the Nowata facility?

We are concerned that an Oklahoma’s Senator would rather see them slaughtered as quoted in an article about the long-term program.

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, is bucking the program he calls “mismanaged.” He wants easier adoptions and better, longer-lasting infertility drugs.

“I think you ought to allow those that can’t survive, can’t be adopted, to be sold for slaughter,” he said.

How can you guarantee these horses will be safe? How many are ‘sold’ from Oklahoma facilities?

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,
Anne Novak

Link to articles:

http://newsok.com/managing-mustangs-is-costly-for-the-u.s./article/3590602

http://www.propublica.org/article/missing-what-happened-to-wild-horses-tom-davis-bought-from-the-govt

Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
P.O. Box 5661
Berkeley, California 94705
Tel./Text: 415.531.8454

Twitter @ProtectMustangs
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs

www.ProtectMustangs.org

Protect Mustangs is a Bay Area-based preservation group whose mission is to educate the public about the American wild horse, protect and research wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.

 

 

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386
From: “Collins, Deborah A” <dacollin@blm.gov>
Date: Fri, November 30, 2012 2:14 pm
To: Anne protectmustangs <anne@protectmustangs.org>

Dear Ms. Novak,

I just spoke to one of our long-term pasture specialists and we have already weaned 130 foals off of the Nowata, OK, long-term pasture. The foals were given their first shots today and the mares have already returned to the pastures. The foals will stay there for approximately another 3 weeks before shipping to a short-term adoption center. The Nowata contract is new; therefore, it has four years before it is up for renewal.

The BLM has no control over what Congress decides to do with funding for the program; therefore, we will continue to feed and care for the horses in holding. Thank you.

Debbie Collins
Bureau of Land Management
National Wild Horse & Burro Marketing and
Information Center Coordinator
(405)790-1056 = Desk
(918)625-5292 = Cell
dacollin@blm.gov

From: anne@protectmustangs.org [mailto:anne@protectmustangs.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:49 PM
To: Collins, Deborah A
Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386

Regarding request to retrieve Calico mare #04616386 and her foal

Dear Ms Collins,

We understood that the long-term pasture contractors roundup the horses at least once a year to wean the foals and count. Is that is October?

Please provide us with a list of all the weanlings coming from the long term pasture where mare #04616386 is. Let us know where the weanlings are now. Have any of these weanlings been adopted? Do any of them have strikes against them?

In what pasture exactly is mare #04616386 located? When is their contract up for renewal? If Congress reduces funding for long-term holding what will happen to mare #04616386?

We would like to request she be pulled out for adoption the next time they do an inventory or has she already been sold to a pro-slaughter buyer like Tom Davis?

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Sincerely,
Anne Novak

Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
P.O. Box 5661
Berkeley, California 94705

Tel./Text: 415.531.8454

Twitter @ProtectMustangs
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs

www.ProtectMustangs.org

Protect Mustangs is a Bay Area-based preservation group whose mission is to educate the public about the American wild horse, protect and research wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386
From: “Collins, Deborah A” <dacollin@blm.gov>
Date: Thu, November 29, 2012 11:40 am
To: Anne protectmustangs <anne@protectmustangs.org>

Hi Ms. Novak,

At this time, it is not economically feasible to remove a single horse from our long-term pastures. They are expansive pastures and the horses are free-roaming. I explained this in the questions you submitted earlier, so I’m sorry we can’t accommodate the request.

We don’t send mares, with foals, to long-term pastures and our database does not track which mare goes with which foal. Therefore, if the mare was pregnant when she shipped to OK, she will foal there. But, we will not be able to guarantee which foal came from which mare. I hope this answers your question. Thank you.

Debbie Collins
Bureau of Land Management
National Wild Horse & Burro Marketing and
Information Center Coordinator
(405)790-1056 = Desk
(918)625-5292 = Cell
dacollin@blm.gov

From: anne@protectmustangs.org [mailto:anne@protectmustangs.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 3:50 PM
To: Collins, Deborah A
Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386

Dear Ms. Collins,

Yes I heard the good news about Lily and it’s my pleasure to help these magnificent wild horses find homes even though I would rather they were not removed from their homes and families in the first place.

Please help me find the foal belonging to mare #04616386 at the BLM facility. How do you identify them?

How can the adopter adopt mare #04616386? They have wanted her since they saw her at Palomino Valley but they were told she had shipped out to long term holding.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,
Anne Novak

Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
P.O. Box 5661
Berkeley, California 94705

Tel./Text: 415.531.8454

Twitter @ProtectMustangs
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs

www.ProtectMustangs.org

Protect Mustangs is a Bay Area-based preservation group whose mission is to educate the public about the American wild horse, protect and research wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386
From: “Collins, Deborah A” <dacollin@blm.gov>
Date: Wed, November 28, 2012 2:16 pm
To: Anne protectmustangs <anne@protectmustangs.org>

Dear Ms. Novak.

In case you haven’t heard, the little filly is in the process of being adopted by Dr. Wines. Thank you for part in helping Lily have a new home.

In reference to the mare, BLM does not use mares on long-term pastures for medical/fertility research. All of our long-term pastures are privately-owned. The BLM simply leases the space and pays them to provide feed and care to the horses. If a mare is pregnant, when entering a long-term pasture, it will foal there. Once the foal is old enough to be weaned, it will be sorted off and usually shipped to our Pauls Valley, OK, facility, or Hutchinson, KS, facility for adoption.

Thank you.

Debbie Collins
Bureau of Land Management
National Wild Horse & Burro Marketing and
Information Center Coordinator
(405)790-1056 = Desk
(918)625-5292 = Cell
dacollin@blm.gov

From: anne@protectmustangs.org [mailto:anne@protectmustangs.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 3:03 PM
To: Collins, Deborah A
Cc: Dr Carolyn Wines
Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386

Dear Ms. Collins,

My understanding is that filly #11223361 has 2-Strikes. Is that correct?

Regarding mare #04616386, is she currently at the long-term pasture in Nowata, OK, is that a BLM contracted facility or owned by BLM? Is the facility open to the public?

Is the mare #04616386 being used for medical and/or fertility control research? She was in foal when she was rounded up. Where is her foal and what is her foal’s number?

How does an adopter adopt mare #04616386?

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,
Anne Novak

Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
P.O. Box 5661
Berkeley, California 94705

Tel./Text: 415.531.8454

Twitter @ProtectMustangs
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs

www.ProtectMustangs.org

Protect Mustangs is a Bay Area-based preservation group whose mission is to educate the public about the American wild horse, protect and research wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: filly #3361and #6386
From: “Collins, Deborah A” <dacollin@blm.gov>
Date: Tue, November 27, 2012 10:50 am
To: Anne protectmustangs <anne@protectmustangs.org>
Cc: Dr Carolyn Wines <drcate4@hotmail.com>

Dear Ms. Novak. Hope you enjoyed your holidays.

As listed on the information I forwarded to you on November 15, #11223361 is available for adoption at our BLM facility in Elm Creek, Nebraska. Anyone that is interested in adopting this horse will need to go to the Elm Creek facility. If the interested party lives very far away, I would suggest the person call them at 308-856-4498 to ensure it is still there. This facility is open to the public on a daily basis, excluding holidays and weekends, so it can be adopted at any time or shipped to a future adoption. Thank you for sharing this information with them.

Based on the info you provided for #6386, we narrowed it down to #04616386. This horse was gathered from the Calico HMA on December 6, 2011 and was shipped to our long-term pasture in Nowata, OK, on March 20, 2012. Please note it does not have any strikes.

Thank you.

Debbie Collins
Bureau of Land Management
National Wild Horse & Burro Marketing and
Information Center Coordinator
(405)790-1056 = Desk
(918)625-5292 = Cell
dacollin@blm.gov

From: anne@protectmustangs.org [mailto:anne@protectmustangs.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:44 PM
To: Collins, Deborah A
Cc: Dr Carolyn Wines
Subject: Adopter wants California filly #3361

Dear Ms. Collins,

An adopter is interested in the California yearling filly #3361. She was sent to Nebraska and then to the Indiana adoption event. Where is #3361 now? How can the adopter get her?

Thank you for your kind assistance.

Sincerely,
Anne Novak

Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
P.O. Box 5661
Berkeley, California 94705

Tel./Text: 415.531.8454

Twitter @ProtectMustangs
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs

www.ProtectMustangs.org

Protect Mustangs is a Bay Area-based preservation group whose mission is to educate the public about the American wild horse, protect and research wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.

Desatoya roundup begins with foal abuse

“Hogtieing a young foal and leaving it in the middle of a stampede of wild horses shows how inhumane and incompetent the BLM’s roundup contractor is,” states Anne Novak, executive director of Protect Mustangs. “They should be fired immediately.”

“We are grateful Holly Hazard witnessed the alleged abuse,” Novak explains. “If she hadn’t seen this, the public would not have known that the cruel roundups are continuing despite the BLM’s promise for a ‘new normal’ by bait trapping.”

“We need more eyes on roundups to protect mustangs,” says Novak.

Read more about the incident here: http://rtfitchauthor.com/2012/08/17/problems-arise-at-desatoya-wild-horse-gather-in-nevada/

Wild mare and foal at risk ~ Please adopt or sponsor

Found in a filthy pen run by the United States Bureau of Land Management . . .

Adopt these two Jackson Mt. mustangs and save them! (Photo © Taylor James)

Jackson Mountain mare #3246 and her foal #8255 were chased by roundup helicopters and now have lost their freedom to roam the American West. They have been “processed” and will soon be separated unless you help them.

There are three options to get them to safety:

1.) Adopt the two and take them to your ranch / barn.

2.) Adopt the pair and get them in to a sanctuary.

3.) Sponsor the mare and foal’s adoption and care with someone else.

If you can think of other options let us know.

We will look into what exactly the branding all over this mare means and report back to you.

If you have any questions about adoption please send us an email to Contact@ProtectMustangs.org

or call the BLM office at Palomino Valley, near Sparks Nevada: 775. 475. 2222