Wild Mustangs at the BLM

[wildmustangrobin]

Please sign my petition to make sure the roundups are safe. change.org/petitions/director-­of-the-bureau-of-land-manageme­nt-the-blm-is-not-exempt-from-­humane-treatment-of-mustangs

[22Bjean]

where is this at?? i would love to go n see them, mybe even get one if i can.. there all so Beautiful..

[rocconisse]

How cool to be able to go out and meet these guys! I'm glad to see they look happy, friendly, fat and shiny. I'm sure they're happier here than some of the rough places on the range with so little food, water shelter or protection from predators-- now if only they can find homes!!

[Izzadorable]

The bay with the star that you see after they r talking about the dark bay's eyes is identical to my mustang.

[GallopLovers]

I went to see a BLM Heard, and they were very sweet, some were very skittish but others very wanted t osay hi! I got my horse from the BLM. I love Mustangs! ;D

[HavvahartKL]

@GallopLovers I would really love to adopt a mustang....how horridly difficult was the process, i f you dont mind me asking??

[mandykal]

Is this where they get dog food?

[site4pets]

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[site4pets]

There isn't lack of food and water sources! The BLM gets paid to remove wild horses and burros and allow people to graze there cattle. They fence off the water source so they can say the horses need to be taken away. And too many horses have lost there lives while the BLM did NOTHING just search "braveheart:a wild stallion" here on youtube.com and sign this free petition to hod off the round ups=

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[kelsobarrelracer]

There is noting wrong with BLM they acctualy save horses imagine wild horses being over populated what happens oh ya they die. This happens because there wouldnt be enough food for them so stop with the bad comments BLM IS A GOOD THING!!!!!

[pbrcowboy19851212]

that is false thay try to adopt them out

[sparkles673]

I read on a we site that the BLM kills 2000 wild horses every yr

[trinityne345678]

i love that white one

[Rockonchick2]

look in thier faces tell me why they did nothing wrong just thinking of freedom why they lost thier freedom

[Princeaboo]

So sad, there were running free, now they sit in a pen with no grazing anywhere for them! The way they round them up by helicopters is horrific! Many die from exhaustion or broken legs.

[horsesloveisgreat]

@Princeaboo yes its true and its horrible, i have a group to stop the BLM, i have been researching and batteling against the blm for a while now

[kelsobarrelracer]

@Princeaboo Its better than them dying a slow painful death of starvation

[wadscardear]

does anyone here know of locals that can shine some light on this? are they really in need of relocation? didnt the werld live fine for millions of years before humans came to micro manage? are there corperate interests in the area? whats really goin on?

[ciedre1]

@wadscardear The cattle barons want the land for grazing their cattle so the BLM removes the horses off the land that Congress deeded them in the Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971. They say there is too many horses for the land to support but then they move the cattle in to graze on the land. Like no one is going to notice or care they are killing our Mustangs so cattle can graze on their land. The cattle barons also fence off the water sources so only their cattle can have access it.

[LeeAnne151]

Wild horses aren't starving anywhere in the Western US. They are removed from the range because of cows, oil and mining.

The Bureau of Land Management has emptied half the lands set aside by Congress for horses of horses.

There were 2 million a hundred years ago and now there are 35,000.

[wadscardear]

@LeeAnne151 i just heard about this whole thing & the 1st thought was 'gov is sellin us out for corps'. im gettin interested in this but im not bankin on humans in general caring. must disolve corrupt agencies.

[ChristyDawnFields]

THEY DESERVE TO BE WILD AND FREE!!! SCREW THE BLM!!! (BURREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT) FOR CAPTURING AND KILLING AND HARMING THESE WILD HORSES THAT ARE MEANT TO BE WILD!!!

[moodysoup]

Are these horses going to homes? I hope so they are beautiful, every single one of them!!!

[TheBlueRainWolf]

Wild horses don't belong in wire pens. they belong on the range and humans should leave them alone.

P.S. those aren't wild horses. Wild horses wouldn't dare come up to you, unless you're a horse charmer.

[doggieram]

@TheBlueRainWolf one gets curious the rest follow. Its not as compicated as you think. You must not know much about horses if you think this. First of all they werent born in that pen, they had to be transported to that pen by HUMANS, therefore human contact was made. and if the BLM does their job correctly[or whoever manages thos ethings] then the capturing of them was a semi pleasurable experience, as in, it wasnt painful or overly traumatizing.

[TheBlueRainWolf]

@doggieram I know that they were once wild horses, but they have lost that due to the human interaction. Now they have slim chances of ever going back on the range.

[doggieram]

@TheBlueRainWolf The reason they are taking them off the rangelands is because theyre arent enough predators out there and overgrazing is causing them to starve. If we dont try and thin the population then they will die a horrible death, and im sure you dont want that to happen do you?

[TheBlueRainWolf]

@doggieram The reason there isn't enough predators is because we've driven them off. The reason they're starving is because of the 4 mill. cattle that we've dumped on the land that isn't even supposed to sustain cows. Cows are a non native species. So no, i don't want them to die, but it's not their fault it's ours.

[doggieram]

@TheBlueRainWolf we can blame it on whoever we want to, it doesnt change the fact that something has to be done! So you would like hundreds of horses to die jsut because of a mistake that we made and we didnt even know the effect of it at the time?! Hell we could be making mistakes right now and not know about it. Hindsight's 20/20 All we can do now is fix our mistakes, but people that just want to sit there and blame people are the reason nothing is getting done!

[TheBlueRainWolf]

@doggieram We should try fixing the problem by getting those freaking cows off the land. That would solve alot. Then let the grass grow back and let the mustangs go, as they were meant to live.

[doggieram]

@TheBlueRainWolf there is obviously a reason we cant do that, or else we would be doing that right now! Sometimes we ahve to trust the people that are putting these things together. They know what they are doing. Plus, theyre reasoning for providing the wild horse and burro program is because there are NO predators! If we remove the cattle, that gives the horses more room to grow and theyll destroy theyre own food because they are overpopulated. We need more predators.

[TheBlueRainWolf]

@doggieram Why do we think everything BUT US is always overpopulated? What happened to the human species being to big? Instead of worrying about other animals that had no problems before we got here, let's concentrate on the fact that we ourselves are too many.

But obviously maybe we don't care. We want the earth all to ourselves and who cares if we upset the balance of nature...

[doggieram]

@TheBlueRainWolf oh, i know the population of us ourselves is way too big, and yes, we do want the earth to ourselves, but no one realizes that. The issue at hand is that people think that we should just stop adopting these wild mustangs, and they should just go back to their ranges, WE JUST CANT DO THAT! BLM is not stupid enough to just ignore the fact that this adoption thing cant go on long, they have teams of hundreds giving their opinions, about half of those are people like us.

[doggieram]

@TheBlueRainWolf [from previous] and i bet theyre working on that

[TheBlueRainWolf]

@doggieram They're not actually. They're shipping them out of the U.S. to get passed the slaughter law and sending them on extremely harsh trips to mexico and canada to be slaughtered, where they are basically stabbed repeatedly while hanging from their back legs upside down and left to bleed to death.

-That- is what they're doing.

[doggieram]

@TheBlueRainWolf If we would get the slaughterhouses back in the US it wouldnt be that horrible. Have you ever BEEN to a slaughter house in the US? before they were shut down? I bet you would never see that happen. PETA and all those animal rights activists find the worst in everything and thats the only thing they show you. Its not as bad as everyone thinks. You see all these videos, but how many horses did you see? 5-10? out of the 500,000 that are kiled each year? Its staged.

[TheBlueRainWolf]

@doggieram Um yeah actually i have been to a slaughterhouse. I helped a friend when she went to save one from there, in the U.S. And it was hell. It's not any better here that it is in mexico. animals in america aren't treated with the respect they deserve.

[moodysoup]

@TheBlueRainWolf It's my dream to rescue horses in need. I just don't know if I can handle going to the slaughterhouse to get one.=[

[ArchAngelRescues]

@moodysoup you dont have to go to the slaughterhouse to rescue them. Your best and cheapest bet would be to go to a sale and buy one away from a dealer or kill buyer. That way the horse also ends up being cheaper and the kill buyers get no money from that particular one. Just find out who the kill buyers are and chose a few horses to bid against them on (a few just in case your 1 pick falls through or goes to a family). But be aware it is hard work but very worth it :D

[shycountrymiss]

20% foaled survive. Thats after predation, etc. That means that a herd doubles in size in 5 years unless some are captured. Not all BLM areas can support that increase. Even Ken McNabb(pro horse & pro mustang) says some must be gathered.

[Inutown]

I'm adopting a BLM horse this month. I cannot wait!

[shycountrymiss]

735hotcakes- Part of what you are seeing are "grass bellies", plus a need for worming. I can show you some improperly cared for domestic horses that look like that, but that doesnt mean they are healthy.

[shycountrymiss]

Theres another thing not all seem to be aware of. After rounding up, the "best of the best" are again released to improve the herd, genetics, etc. If you think you are getting their "best" at the auctions, think again. lol. As a matter of fact, alot of the horses used for the mustang challenges are 2 & 3 times losers, mares, common colors & others not popular with the adopting public. I love mine to death, but she had sev. serious health issues to be dealt with which I did.

[735hotcakes]

I have been watching the wild horses for about three years now. and you need to go see these horses when they come out of the wild. The last group that came out of wyoming were fat a pigs, and I don't mean after the blm had feed them for a month,. stright off the mountains,. These horses are in great shape.

[WisePillow]

In 2004 Ken Salazar made it possibly for mustangs to be sent for slaughter for foreign consumption. As recently as 2008 thousands of mustangs were still threatened with that possiblity. I do not know if BLM is still sending horses to slaughter today.

[charmed6057]

I'm looking into getting a horse, and soubt I'll have a Hanoverian any time soon. I was wondering if Mustangs can be good jumpers, does anyone know?

[Amberp11703]

@charmed6057

When I first turned my 8 month old mustang colt out in the pasture he jumped a four and a half foot fence to get to the other horses, LOL.

Mustangs will do anything for you once they bond with you.

[charmed6057]

O.o... wow. I really don't know quite yet which breed to choose. I was thinking about a thoroughbred. Guess I'll just have to wait and see what I find in liking toward the future. Thank you!

[sassyg01]

i have a Nevada mustang that i got for the mission:008 extrema mustang makeover they are SO sweet i am blessed to have one!!!!

[isabellbk88]

ma tutti questi cavalli sono stati catturati? che tristezza...

[shycountrymiss]

It wasnt Bush.-In 2004, most Americans and members of Congress were unaware that then-Senator Conrad Burns (MT-R) had attached an amendment, now known as the Burns Amendment, to a 3,000-page spending bill that stripped away over 34 years of protection for America's precious Wild Horse and Burro herds. Since then, Mustangs and Burros have been sold for commercial purposes, including slaughter.

[shycountrymiss]

Mustangs can double their numbers in approx 4 years. Have you ever seen severely starved horses? Yet some continue to say-"Leave them alone. Let them run free." Sheesh! There isnt enough natural feed in the areas where they roam. The ranchers arent going to feed them. Are you? Yeah right. Adoption is one way to save them. Or you can continue with the useless bla,bla,bla. The Mustang Heritage Foundation is offering a 700 incentive to trainers of mustangs to increase adoptions.

[WisePillow]

Mismanagement is at the root of most of these problems. Despite federal protection, wild horses have been relegated to the most inhospitable areas of the range. Still, they have adapted and survived; most horses rounded up by the BLM are well-fed and healthy.

[WisePillow]

However, public land fencing often prevents horses from accessing scarce natural water sources and disrupts their widespread grazing patterns. In such instances, better in-the-wild management is the answer, rather than costly and traumatic round-ups.

[WisePillow]

The main cause of degradation of public lands is livestock use, not wild horses. Cows graze within a mile of water, while wild horses are highly mobile, grazing from five to ten miles from water, at higher elevations, on steeper slopes, and in more rugged terrain. A congressionally-mandated study by the National Academy of Sciences found that, in one year, livestock consumed 70% of grazing resources on public lands, while wild horses and burros consumed less than 5%

[WisePillow]

In its 1982 study, the National Academy of Sciences found annual rates of increase of 10% or less in wild horse populations, a far cry from the 20% increase relied upon by the BLM to justify its removal program. Wild horses do have predators, in the form of mountain lions and bears. In 2004 for instance, only 1 out of 28 foals survived in Montanas Pryor Mountain area. Such low survival rate was mostly due to mountain lion predation.

[WisePillow]

There is not an overpopulation of wild horses. Wild horses comprise a minute fraction of grazing animals on public lands, where they are outnumbered by cattle at least 200 to 1. The 1971 Act states that, in a given area, a certain amount of vegetation may be eaten as forage. Only when that amount is exceeded are there too many animals.

[WisePillow]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has overwhelmingly favored cattle in setting appropriate wild horse population levels, resulting in indiscriminate removal of horses and burros from public lands. From over 2 million in 1900, our wild horse population has dwindled to less than 25,000

[shycountrymiss]

@WisePillow This I agree with, though the BLM must follow the laws that exist. The main problem does lie with the ranchers, the petroleum industry, and the lobbyists for those groups. Then additionally, I believe it was in 2004 a certain senator added a paragraph hidden within a 3000 page bill which effectively removed the protection the mustangs had for over 20 years. He himself a rancher & friend to ranchers. That all mustangs are healthy I dont agree with.These arent seen because they die.

[WisePillow]

Removing thousands upon thousands of horses from their legally allocated range to move them into government-run facilities is not in keeping with the intent of the 71 Act, which aimed at preserving

the horses where presently found.

[WisePillow]

This was reaffirmed last August by the US District Court for the District of Columbia in its decision to prevent the capture of Colorados West Douglas herd. In its decision, the Court stated in part: Congress did not authorize BLM to manage the wild horses by corralling them for private maintenance or long-term care as non-wild free-roaming animals off the public lands.

[WisePillow]

The Court deemed removal for long-term care to be contrary to Congresss intent to protect the horses from capture as components of the public lands.

[WisePillow]

I agree. Not all wild mustangs are healthy, but I don't think we should automatically assume the majority of them are unhealthy without substantiated evidence. Yes, a few horses are probably unhealthy, but I contribute that to life in the wild. Not all bears, elk, dear, mountains lions, are healthy either. Unhealthy horses get culled by predators and that in turn improves mustang genetics.

It's best to look at the population as a whole.

[OmegaWolf747]

I'm hearing that the BLM has taken to performing mass culls of mustangs since GW Bush removed all their federal protections. Is this true?

[1976jrl]

It is sad that they have to be corraled. It's a necessary evil unfortunately. The land they have to roam on isn't enough to support very large populations. They are captured and adopted out to prevent inbreeding. Inbreeding would decimate the entire wild horse population. It's still sad though.

[sexystever123]

It drives me crazy knowing that these creatures are ment to be free but instead they are in a freaking cage where they are being petted behind the bars? what has america come to. as JessicaMaree1987 said they didnt need saving untiul they wre brought here after being captured. Let them run free where they belong!

[JessicaMaree1987]

these darlings didnt need saving till they were caught. it a real shame to see them going from wilderness to a cage. roaming freely to walking in their own s**t.

perfect condition, coat, hooves......

i would love to adopt a mustang. but im on the wrong continent!

[AsylumPlease]

Wow.... these are social. At the holding facility in OK, none of them would approach, in fact, they ran back and forth in the pens when someone came near.

[simpleprincess3]

theyre beautiful im amazed that they let you touch them? and appear so calm!!.

[WolfAtlantis]

Okay, how is it "likeable" for the horse to try to eat your fingers?

[NekoMei13]

Well, it means they're not afraid of you. so, overall it's a good thing

[MustangBlueWY]

Wow, I've been to several WY satalite adoptions, and not a single one would allow anyone that close, much less pet them, lol. (with the exception of the yearlings rom the Mantle ranch during the state fair and adoption in 2006)

Great video!

Keep the Spirit Alive, Save a Mustang!

Lona in WY

[MMagee93]

haha there all so cute! they make FANTASTIC companions! i love my little mustang. there so sweet!

[LadyKaliska]

The one at 5:10, that's staring at the camera has a soft eye if I ever seen one. Probably the plainest of the bunch, but still definitely caught my attention. Looking at them in the pen almost makes me want to cry. (I'm a crybaby lol)

[LadyKaliska]

And let just say that, when I said plain, I meant no white on the face. I personally think they are all beautiful.

[deserthorses5]

I was also there in July, 08, with a friend who had never visited the BLM corrals before! Yes, those are the geldings! I recognize several of them! Don't you want to take them ALL? Some are very friendly!

[lcat1201]

I am ready to do lots of training..I have trained and worked with horses for years and thank you for replying back so quick..I was going to adopt at the round up in june.

[lcat1201]

no where do you sign it at.. my daughter and I are planning on going there to adopt..