Wild horses sold to alleged kill buyer by government contractor

By U.S. Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By U.S. Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

by

Debbie Coffey

 PPJ Gazette Investigative Reporter

Director of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation               

Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved.

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Debbie Coffey and Wild Horse Freedom Federation thank Animals Angels for their assistance with this investigation.

While the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been trying to convince the public that the BLM does not sell wild horses to slaughter, Wild Horse Freedom Federation has obtained proof that a BLM Long Term Holding contractor sold wild horses directly to kill buyer Joe Simon, who is well known for sending horses to slaughter, and who owns JS Ranch (“Farms”) in Perkins, Oklahoma.

To give you a little background, the BLM uses lame excuses to remove wild horses from their federally protected Herd Management Areas while letting other “uses” take over.  For instance, BLM claims wild horses cause “degradation” to the range, but then allow oil and gas drilling (and fracking) on the same land.  The BLM uses helicopters to round up the wild horses, then puts the horses in short term holding facilities, maintenance facilities, and ultimately, ships horses to same-sex long term holding pastures, where the public is led to believe the horses spend the rest of their lives.

Jim Reeves and Lyle Anderson own Spur Livestock, and have a contract with the Bureau of Land Management for a long term holding pasture for wild horses on private lands within the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, as well as on Indian Trust Lands administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  This facility is the Whitehorse Wild Horse Long Term Holding Facility.

Wild Horse Freedom Federation received records from the South Dakota Brand Board that reveal on 11/8/2008, while under contract with the BLM, “owner” Spur Livestock sold 34 horses with “BLM tattoos” to JS Farms, owned by kill buyer Joe Simon.

Animals Angels has written about kill buyer Joe Simon (scroll down to the 2nd article “What is the Price Tag for Suffering”) here                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          It is important to note that state brand boards do not “recognize” BLM freezemarks  

(which BLM puts on the left side of wild horses’ necks after they are captured) as official “BRANDS,” so the state brand board inspectors may completely ignore the BLM freezemarks and instead, note that wild horses have “NO BRAND.”

It is also important to note that if someone BUYS a wild horse from the BLM, they can then put their own brand on the horse, and state brand board inspectors may then note only the new brand in their records (since it is “recognized”) and NOT the BLM freezemark (which they don’t “recognize”) which would identify a horse was a wild horse on public records.  State brand inspectors can omit any traces of wild horses on their official records.

On the Spur Livestock 11/8/2008 sale (besides the fact that 34 horses with “BLM tattoos” were sold), the words “Freeze brand” are written under the brand symbol for the other 36 horses in this sale (a total of 70 horses).  The words “Freeze Brand” aren’t written under this brand symbol on any other Local Ownership Inspection Certificates, or under any other brand symbols.

Another important detail stands out.  In looking at over 3 years of Local Ownership Inspection Certificates of horses by Spur Livestock, Jim Reeves and Spur Livestock, this sale of 70 horses seems to be the largest sale of horses.

Looking at the fact that Spur Livestock claimed itself to be the “Owner” of the wild horses on this South Dakota State Brand Board Local Ownership Inspection Certificate, did Spur Livestock claim to own the wild horses that the BLM warehouses on this property?  Or were these horses the wild horses that Jim Reeves BOUGHT from the BLM?

BLM Sales records obtained through a Freedom in Information Act (FOIA) request indicate Jim Reeves bought 72 wild horses (2 truckloads) from the BLM about one and two months before he sold the 34 BLM wild horses with BLM freezebrands and 36 branded horses directly to Joe Simon.

Joe Simon Invoice

On 9/9/2008, Jim Reeves bought 36 geldings, ages 11-13, from the Canon City Maintenance Facility (prison) in Colorado.

On 9/23/2008, Jim Reeves bought 36 mares, ages 11-12, from the BLM’s Palomino Valley BLM holding facility in Nevada.

Jim Reeves already had wild horses on his property, including younger horses, and he could easily have arranged to buy 72 of those wild horses.  So why would he buy 72 wild horses from Nevada and Colorado and pay shipping costs (or make the BLM pay shipping costs with your tax dollars) to have them shipped out to South Dakota?

On the Sales Questions Document (application) form for Spur Livestock, a handwritten note at the bottom of page 1 claims: “Horses will be used as pack animals.”

Pack Animals? 

How easy do you think it would be to train 11-13 year old wild geldings (castrated stallions) to be pack animals?  If he was so knowledgeable about wild horse behavior, why wouldn’t he have bought younger horses that would’ve been easier to train?

In a telephone conversation with Jim Reeves, when asked about the 72 horses he bought as pack animals, he said “I’m told not to talk about this kind of stuff.”  He said “I can’t talk about this” and “That’s BLM business.”

There’s more

While the information below may not involve any wild horses, it seems to show that Jim Reeves, Lyle Anderson and Spur Livestock have sold horses directly to slaughter buyers more than once.   (However, keep in mind that BLM freezemarks can be noted as “NO BRAND” and a new brand may be added and recognized as the ONLY brand, so the public has no absolute proof that these horses were NOT wild horses, either.)

In reviewing other South Dakota Brand Board records of Spur Livestock, Jim Reeves and Lyle Anderson, horses sold included:

12/4/08 – 48 “No brand” horses were sold by Jim Reeves, and 2 “No Brand” horses by other Reeves family members, to Rusty Williams in George West, Texas. (not a known kill buyer)

2/25/09 – 31 branded horses belonging to Jim Reeves and other Reeves family members were sold directly to slaughterhouse Canadian Premium Meats, Lacombe, AB, Canada.

11/18/09 – 9 “no brand” horses and 3 horses Jim got only 6 days before (on 11/12/09) from Jess Starr of Dupree, SD, were sold to kill buyer (Randy) Musick of Mitchell, SD.

11/18/09 – Jim Reeves sent 19 horses, including horses owned by Reeves family members, 3 branded horses Spur Livestock got from Vernon Starr of Dupree, SD only about 10 days before, 3 branded horses Jim Reeves got from Larry Long only 17 days before, and 6 horses from Jeff Hunt (Jim Reeves got 3 of these horses on 10/3/09) to kill buyer (Randy) Musick of Mitchell, SD.

7/17/12 – Lyle Anderson sent 2 horses, (1″No Brand” horse and a palomino mare noted “Brand no registered.  Horse comes from No Brand Area.” to an unknown buyer (the buyer line was left blank) in Pueblo, CO.

Canon City Prison – a BLM “Maintenance Facility”

Oddly, in reviewing FOIA documents of “Animals Shipped” out of the Canon City (Prison) Maintenance facility, and comparing these to FOIA documents on BLM sales, in September, 2008, when Jim Reeves bought the 36 wild horses, records from Canon City Correctional Facility indicate that no horses were shipped out in September, 2008, and only 1 horse the following month (October, 2008), and only 33 horses the month after that (November, 2008).  So did the 36 horses that Jim Reeves bought from the BLM at this facility just walk past a SWAT team and out a back door?

This was not the only discrepancy in Canon City Maintenance Facility records.  Tom Davis bought 120 horses in January, 2009, and Harry Vold bought 36 horses that same month (120+36 = 156), but Canon City records indicate only 4 horses were shipped out in January, 2009.

Anthony Nafe bought 33 horses in February, 2009, but Canon City records indicate only 1 horse was shipped out in February, 2009.

Tom Davis (only one of many this month) bought 111 horses in March, 2009, but Canon City records indicate only 77 horses were shipped out in March, 2009.

This goes on and on and on…the numbers don’t add up.  I hope the person who’s counting the wild horses isn’t the same person who’s counting the prisoners.

My call to Mr. Fran Ackley (Program Lead for the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program in Colorado) for clarification on this issue was not returned.

So what, exactly, is “BLM business?”

Question #17 on Jim Reeves’ BLM sales question document was “Do you intend to resell these animals?  An X was typed in the YES box.

Right off the bat, the person in the BLM sales office should’ve wondered who the horses would be sold to, and for what purpose, really.

It was odd that although all of the answers were typed, there were handwritten notes at the bottom of the page indicating the horses were to be used as pack animals.  It seemed like an afterthought.  Did Jim Reeves write this?  Or did a BLM employee write this?  The document wasn’t signed, either.  The BLM seems to keep very sloppy legal documents.

On the Bills of Sales for the horses Jim Reeves bought, above the line that indicates Authorized Officer, the words “Virtual Migration Person” was typed in.  Who was this?

It is also unusual that the BLM’s contract with Spur Livestock (NAC070071) was dated 4/9/2007 and signed by BLM’s contracting officer, but this was almost 2 months BEFORE the Environmental Assessment (EA) was issued (July, 2007).  Usually, EAs have to be completed to determine whether or not a federal undertaking would significantly affect the environment, before a project can go forward.  Did the BLM jump the gun and skirt NEPA requirements?

Spur Livestock 

The base year (2007) of the Spur Livestock 5 year contract with the BLM was for $506,250.  Looking at fedspending.org, it seems Spur Livestock has made $2,952,210

since 2007.

(Links to Spur Livestock contracts are included at the end of article.)

  • Jim Reeves also received $198,604 in USDA subsidies 1995-2011.
  • Reeves is a member of the West Central Cattlemen’s Association in South Dakota.
  • Reeves’ wife, Janna, is the office manager for the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association, and
  • Janna’s sister, Jodi Hickman, is the Executive Director of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association.
  • In 2010, horse slaughterhouse pusher Sue Wallis’ now defunct United Organizations of the Horse claimed that the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association made a “financial contribution” to the pro-horse slaughter cause.
  • Jim and Janna Reeves, along with Jodi Hickman, are principals in the 3J Cattle Company.
  • Jim Reeves’ brother is Tom Reeves, Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Saddle “Bronc” rider.
  • Jim Reeve’s partner in Spur Livestock, Lyle Anderson, has had a string of business ventures which the South Dakota Secretary of State now lists as “inactive.”
  • Anderson also owns Anderson Construction, LLC, which is listed in the Secretary of State records as “Delinquent.”
  • Lyle Anderson is also listed as the owner of Anderson Ranches Partnership.
  • Lyle Anderson received $260,110 in USDA subsidies 1995-2011.

In August, 2012, Reeves and Anderson appealed a decline of their application for the U.S. Small Business Administration Business Development Program.

While the BLM cons the public into believing that the captured wild horses live out their lives on long term holding pastures, it seems that the BLM knowingly allows middlemen to cover their tracks in a pipeline of wild horses going to slaughter.

What the BLM consistently seems to “maintain” is fraud against the American taxpayer in its Environmental Assessments, a long history of inhumane handling of wild horses, lack of oversight and accountability, a waste of tax dollars, and lies to both the public and Congress, so every aspect of the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse & Burro Program needs to be investigated in a long overdue Congressional Investigation.

SOURCES:

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs022/1101655399670/archive/1110611139942.html(Scroll down to 2nd article: “What is the Price Tag for Suffering?”)

http://www.animalsangels.org/investigations/horse-investigations/454-musick-horse-collecting-facility-mitchell-sd-august-11-13-2012-.html

http://www.jshorsecompany.com/mares.html

www.jshorsecompany.com/2010_consignment_form.doc

http://www.manta.com/c/mmsg7sg/anderson-ranches-partnership

http://farm.ewg.org/persondetail.php?custnumber=A07674974

http://farm.ewg.org/persondetail.php?custnumber=A07620680

http://www.manta.com/c/mmsq254/spur-livestock-l-l-c

http://www.sdcattlemen.org/CMDocs/SouthDakota/Affilate%20Contacts2.pdf

http://www.worldofrodeo.com/008/reeves.htm

http://www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/by-category/saddle-bronc-riding/tom-reeves/

http://texascowboyhalloffame.org/pages/inductees/reeves.html

http://www.manta.com/c/mmsg7sg/anderson-ranches-partnership

http://www.manta.com/c/mmythcq/anderson-construction

http://www.featherlitend.com/customers/

http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/Thune%202012.pdf

http://www.sba.gov/content/8a-business-development-0

SPUR Livestock contracts

http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+LivestockHYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”&HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”sortp=rHYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”&HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”detail=3HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”&HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”datype=THYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”&HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”reptype=rHYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”&HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”database=fpdsHYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”&HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”fiscal_year=HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”&HYPERLINK “http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=Spur+Livestock&sortp=r&detail=3&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO”submit=GO

http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/welcome.html#ea

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http://www.animalsangels.org/investigations/horse-investigations/88-canadian-premium-meats-11308.html

http://www.manta.com/c/mmdxtfp/williams-bookkeeping-service

http://www.manta.com/c/mmscgzd/williams-ranch

http://www.dondennisfamily.com/dupree_ranch/tornado_09/index.html

http://www.huntranch.com/old_index.shtml

http://www.sdcattlemen.org/sdcastaff.aspx

http://thecattlecall.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/interview-with-south-dakota-cattlemens-associations-executive-director/

http://opencorporates.com/companies/us_sd/DL014459

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Cross-posted from the PPJ Gazette http://ppjg.me/2013/01/22/wild-horses-sold-to-kill-buyer-by-blm-contractor/    

 

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
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Donate to help Protect Mustangs

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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.