Debbie Coffey V.P. and Director of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation
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On October, 16, 2014, the Bureau of Land Management Ely District in Nevada issued a news release announcing that in early November, it would begin a roundup to remove “approximately 120 excess wild horses from in and around the Triple B and Silver King Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in eastern Nevada.” And “The helicopter gathers are necessary to prevent further damage to private property and provide for public and animal safety.”
For one thing, per BLM’s website, “Nevada is an open range state. It is the responsibility of the private land owner to build a legal fence to keep livestock off private land.”
Silver King HMA
The BLM stated this: “The District will remove up to 50 excess wild horses from in and around the Silver King HMA. The horses to be gathered are located about 120 miles south of Ely. They are a safety concern on U.S. Highway 93 and are damaging private property, resulting in property owner complaints. AML for the Silver King HMA is 60-128 wild horses. The current population is 452 wild horses.”
The BLM omitted informing the public of the excessive numbers of livestock in the Silver King HMA, which is shown in the chart below.
The information on the 2 graphs below was taken directly from information on BLM’s Rangeland Administration System database.
Triple B HMA
The BLM stated this: “The District will remove about 70 excess wild horses from the Triple B HMA, located about 30 miles northwest of Ely, that are damaging private property, and harassing and breeding domestic stock resulting in landowner complaints. Appropriate Management Level (AML) for the Triple B HMA is 215-250 wild horses. The current population is 1,311 wild horses.”
Again, the BLM omitted informing the public of the number of livestock on this federally protected HMA for wild horses. More
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