Livestock Exported to Mexico through August, 2010

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Species 9/4/2010 8/28/2010

Dairy totals include 1465 head of Canadian Dairy.
Hog totals include 1859 head of Canadian Hogs.

Beef Cattle
Slaughter 0 0 0 0
Breeding Males 18 30 661 678
Breeding Females 0 85 741 782
Total Beef Cattle 18 115 1,402 1,460

Hogs
Slaughter 0 0 0 0
Breeding Males 0 41 803 928
Breeding Females 0 249 3,552 3,571
Total Hogs 0 290 4,355 4,499

Sheep
Slaughter Lambs 0 0 0 0
Slaughter Ewes 1,045 750 62,184 52,492
Breeding Males 0 0 59 0
Breeding Females 0 0 0 0
Total Sheep 1,045 750 62,243 52,492

Dairy Cattle
Breeding Males 0 0 43 33
Breeding Females 111 0 16,304 7,402
Total Dairy Cattle 111 0 16,347 7,435

Goats
Angora 0 0 0 0
Spanish 0 0 435 2,137
Other 0 0 0 0
Total Goats 0 0 435 2,137

Horses
Slaughter 817 1,054 32,987 30,534
Breeding Males 60 70 2,180 2,090
Breeding Females 79 75 3,258 3,138
Geldings 19 9 721 797
Burro/Mule/Pony 3 14 83 31
Total Horses 978 1,222 39,229 36,590

Exotics 30 5 1,106 605

Grand Total All Species 2,182 2,382 125,117 105,218

BLM is on track to zero out wild horse population

My comment in blue precedes the article by Lisa LeBlanc.

The BLM estimated the wild horse population at the end of 2008 was around 36,000. Two years into a massive roundup removing 12,000 horses per year they still say in their public comments that the wild horse population is around 36,000. How can that possibly be the truth? Can anyone over there do basic math or do they think we can't?

If there were 36,000 horses at the end of 2008 and they remove 12,000 per year, how many will be left at the end of 2011. Please do yourself a favor and subtract 12,000 per year for three years from 36,000.

Does anyone remember the bison that roamed the range up to the 1800's? Think about it. The wild horses are already doomed, thanks, in part to an uncaring Congress and a President without imagination. What will be next?

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BLM’s Own Numbers Indicate Wild Horses Will Be “Zeroed Out” in 2011

September 2, 2010

R.T. Fitch Horse News, Wild Horses/Mustangs Wild Horse, Mustang, Horse, Wild Mustang, Equine, R.T. Fitch, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Lisa LeBlanc 28 Comments

Analysis authored by Lisa LeBlanc, Forward by R.T. Fitch

ANALYSIS OF PRE AND POST ROUNDUP POPULATION ESTIMATES AND BASELINES

Several days ago we ran a “tongue-in-cheek” article about the poor math skills of a much recognized individual, Mr. BLiM. That piece was published in an effort to prime the public for the following information, facts and figures. We now have a real sense of urgency upon us as the BLM’s recent release of the 2011 Stampede schedule indicates their misguided plans to remove 11,000 wild horses from their rightful land…by the BLM’s OWN numbers that is all that will be left in the wild after their assault on the horses in 2010. There will be NO MORE wild horses, by their numbers, after 2011.

The graph, below, was compiled by our own Lisa LeBlanc and has been checked and doubled checked as the numbers come straight from the BLM themselves. It’s alarming, terrifying and there is no time to waste. Lisa’s computations did not cost $1.5 million dollars nor did it take 1.5 years to complete. They are real time, in your face and for your immediate review and action. Below the chart is a break down of the analysis. (Click on graph to enlarge)

Lisa LeBlanc, all rights reserved

The Table’s average yearly percentage increase of Wild Horse & Burro population estimates exceed the Bureau of Land Management’s assertion of basing their Published Estimates on a 20% per annum reproductive rate. This table shows, averaged over the period from 2000 – 2010, an annual increase based on year to year Pre-Roundup Population increases, of 32.76% per year.

The total Wild Horse & Burro populations removed from the range are based on information published by the Bureau of Land Management.http://www.blm.gov/public_land_statistics/index.htm. The total animals removed for 2000 – 2010, as of 8/4/2010, are 101,052. The estimated population increase for the same period, based on published Pre-Round Up totals, is 84,056. Roundups have exceeded estimated population increases by 16,996, further calling into question the Bureau’s assertion of 38,400 Wild Horses & Burros for 2010 (31,628, post-round up as of 8/4/2010) as a highly optimistic and unrealistic estimate.

Published commentary by various officials of the Bureau of Land Management have stated that 2007 had been the only year where populations of Wild Horses and Burros came closest to what their combined ranges could theoretically support (27,000). However, this Table shows clearly, in post-roundup Baseline populations, Wild Horse & Burro populations fell below 27,000 in years 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007, and were only slightly above in 2003, 2004 and 2008.

Round Ups from 2001 – 2006 removed the highest numbers of Wild Horses & Burros, averaging over 11,000 per year during that period, for a total of 66,235. However, from 2007 – 2009, this trend plummeted, removing a total of 19,414, an average of 6,471 per year for that period. Populations increased for the 2007 – 2009 period, based on estimates, by 29,251. Had the 2001 – 2006 trend continued, Wild Horse and Burro populations would now be below zero.

There were no published materials available for this Table that take into consideration On the Range Mortality, for example, Infant Mortality, Predation, Natural, Environmental or Illegal Causes – essential components in estimating Wild Horse and Burro populations more accurately.

(Analysis authored by Lisa LeBlanc, Aug 31, 2010)

I-Team: More Roundups Planned Despite Pleas from Congress

CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GEORGE KNAPP AND CHIEF PHOTOJOURNALIST MATT ADAMS

I-Team: More Roundups Planned Despite Pleas from Congress

POSTED: SEP 02, 2010 5:54 PMUPDATED: SEP 02, 2010 9:22 PM

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LAS VEGAS -- Government contractors have fired up their helicopters for yet another roundup of Nevada wild horses. The latest gather targets a remote area north of Ely, Nevada.

Four more roundup operations are on the schedule in our state this year. They will not only thin the herds, but wipe them out altogether.

2010 already ranks as one of the most aggressive in the history of Bureau of Land Management horse roundups, with a lot more to come. Operations which proved deadly for the herds have already scooped up thousands of mustangs from public ranges, but with no commensurate reduction in the number of private cattle allowed to stay.

The next round seems are designed to wipe out the horses altogether.

The Moriah Herd area near Ely will result in the removal of every one of the 72 horses living on thousands of acres. Two other Nevada herd management areas will be completely zeroed out of horses, and two others will see more than 90-percent of the mustangs taken away, even though federal law set aside those ranges as places where horses could roam forever.

Critics of the program say it looks as if BLM is in a race to grab every horse it can get before the program gets shut down, which is exactly what is needed according to a letter sent to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and signed by 54 members of Congress, including Nevadans Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus.

The letter harshly criticizes the roundups, calls for an immediate moratorium, and seeks an outside study of the science behind the gathers, or lack thereof, by the National Academy of Sciences.

BLM says it will cooperate with such a study, but Director Bob Abbey told Congress he has no intention of stopping the roundups.

"We signed the letter because we need to stop the roundups and the slaughter so we can study the policy. It hasn't worked and they know it, we know it, the horses know it. We asked that they allow for a study but they won't stop and I worry because these studies can take years," said Rep. Titus.

Titus worries that by the time the study is complete, more herd areas could be wiped out by BLM. The roundups themselves can be deadly to horses.

"You see these pictures of them running to death and the colts and it breaks your heart," she said.

A separate review of the horse program is already underway. The inspector general of the Interior Department is actively soliciting information from the public, including horse advocates, about all that's wrong with its implementation -- a review that can't be seen as good news within BLM.

On another front, philanthropist Madeleine Pickens is hoping to move forward with her plans to build a sprawling horse sanctuary in northern Nevada. Pickens has already put millions of her own money into buying a large ranch near Elko and now has an agreement to buy a second property as well.

She will need the cooperation of BLM if she wants to put captured mustangs on the land so she can open an eco-tourism attraction, although BLM has said in the past it does not wants the horses to remain in Nevada, even in a sanctuary.

Director Abbey has agreed to meet with Pickens this month to talk about her plan but has made no promises.

Titus says she has already introduced legislation to force BLM to use options other than roundups, such as more adoptions, birth control, and a program to encourage ranchers to allow horses to graze on private range. But BLM continues to use roundups as the primary focus of the program.

Here's a list of recent gathers:

Herd Area	# of Horses	# Removed
Moriah	72	72
Montezuma	139	139
Paymaster	45	45
Reveille	250	198
Silver King	600	545

WTF? Clueless is as clueless does.

Does anyone have any idea as to what he is talking about?

"Since the Horse Slaughter Act prohibits slaughter of horses in the United States, considering it inhumane, and provides birth-to- grave protection for the animals, with no means of disposal of old or sick horses, some are concerned that there are too many wild horses. The act allegedly deflates the value of quality horses, leaving euthanasia as the only method of disposal."

“It makes no sense to take taxpayers dollars to take care of wild horses that can only die of natural causes,” said Fleming.

The above quote is courtesy of Congressman Fleming of Louisiana. It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic. Is anyone in Congress able to talk coherently on any issue, let alone HR 503 or the ROAM Act?

It makes no sense to me to keep electing these incompetent, inarticulate dunces to Congress. You?

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THE BLM Armed and Dangerous!

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Notes from Twin Peaks round-up, pt. 2

Monday, I could not see inside the Cattoor family's wild horse trap. With binoculars, I could see what went on just outside.
Men waved flexible whips attached to plastic bags, spooking mustangs into trailers. They also flipped the whips to prod the thick ends into mustangs' flanks, or slam them repeatedly over horses' backs. This wasn't encouragement. This was beating.
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Law suits focused judicial eyes on our First Amendment rights, so members of the public are allowed to watch our wild horses on our public lands, but we were warned that BLM rangers would "take things to the next level" if we didn't obey orders.
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Two days earlier, near the Litchfield BLM facility, my car was pulled over by two white trucks with flashing lights. A ranger asked for my i.d. while his partner looked in my backseat.
The ranger was polite, even smiled when I showed him the red tags from my wild mares' necks (yes, they are still in my purse), but he explained they were expecting trouble at the Twin Peaks round-up.
I'm pretty dialed-in to wild horse issues, I told him, and I'd heard of nothing brewing. He kept the details to himself.
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After Monday's round-up, as wild horses were trucked to temporary holding pens, I overheard rangers describing how they'd been "primed for a riot."
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I have friends and family in law-enforcement and fire departments. You're kidding yourself if you don't believe part of the excitement and fun of such jobs is based inconflict.
I get that. I've dedicated books to a bunch of emergency professionals because their work fascinates me.
I know they run toward trouble as most of us run away. And I admit I'm not in BLM's inner circle, but I'm confused. I don't know what to hope for.
Truth? That means threats have put BLM on red alert against horse advocates.
Lies? That means BLM rangers have been sicced on non-existent trouble.
Go see for yourself, please.

YOU can view the Twin Peaks round-ups 7 days a week. You can drive to round-ups from anyplace in the U.S. and see wild horses galloping -- for their lives, it's true, but this may be your last chance because BLM plans to round-up 6,000 wild horses by summer's end.

War Continues Over BLM Wild Horse Roundups

http://www.mesquitelocalnews.com/viewnews.php?newsid=6045&id=139

War Continues Over BLM Wild Horse Roundups

Posting Date: 08-18-2010

By John L. Smith

It’s become one of the longest-running wars in the West. Not the battle over water, but the fight over the fate of thousands of wild horses on public rangeland.
The Bureau of Land Management is stuck with the task of listening to the concerns of ranchers, who consider the animals little more than pests competing for parched cattle grazing land, and horse lovers, who want the beautiful beasts protected at all costs.
These days the BLM is busy conducting horse roundups even as it schedules public hearings to discuss the controversial subject.

Friends of the roundup would call such meetings a sign the government is willing to keep an open mind and listen to critics and new ideas; those critics counter that the BLM’s mindset and methodology are substantially flawed.
Meetings or no meetings, in the coming weeks the BLM hopes to round up 2,000 horses to thin herds in the Twin Peaks Horse Management Area approximately 120 miles northwest of Reno.
One foal was found dead from a gunshot in the Twin Peaks area.
Taking an accurate census is just one of the problems faced by the horse bureaucrats.
If the horses are indeed damaging fragile rangeland, then it would make sense to count them accurately.
The BLM has approximately 38,000 horses in holding facilities with as many more roaming free.
Horse advocacy groups continue to attempt to slow or halt the roundups through media pressure, the courts, and the political system. The mustang lovers suffered a setback recently when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals failed to agree with the Defense of Animals group to postpone the BLM’s roundup program.
On July 30, 52 members of Congress signed a letter imploring Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar to discontinue the horse and burro roundups until improvements in the process can be made. The letter was signed by Nevada Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus, both Democrats from Clark County.
The letter was published following the news that 34 wild horses died during a round up of nearly 1,300 horses near Tuscarora.
“To address these and other flaws, we recommend an independent analysis of the National Wild Horse and Burro program, conducted by the National Academy of Sciences,” they wrote. “This analysis will provide a clear determination of the most accurate, science-based methodologies to estimate wild horse and burro populations, provide an assessment of Appropriate Management Levels based on the goal of maintaining sustainable herds and provide an assessment of practical, effective, non-lethal and publicly acceptable management alternatives to current BLM policies.
“We strongly urge you to refrain from any further action until a clear plan is in place to sustainably manage and protect our wild herds. Only then can we move forward with a more informed, open and deliberate process, based on input from all who are concerned with the health, well being, and conservation of this animal which embodies the spirit of our American West.”
After reading that letter, you can almost see the wild horse in silhouette crossing the desert with a Panavision and Technicolor sunset as a backdrop. It’s a powerful image, one the horse lovers and politicians aren’t shy about conjuring.
After a temporary delay, the horse roundup continued. With the mid-term elections approaching and political survival, the economy, and the unemployment picture on the minds of most members of Congress, it’s hard to imagine much definitive action being taken on the horse issue in the coming months.
The roundups will continue. And that means some of the horses will be injured or killed in the process.
The members of Congress wrote, “We are concerned about the inability of your agency to acknowledge these disturbing outcomes, change what seems to be deeply flawed policy, and better manage the gathers so as to prevent the unnecessary suffering and death of these federally protected animals.”
The suffering will continue. The roundups will continue.
The war goes on unabated.

TWIN PEAKS

Bloody noses, too many horses run into the chutes at once causing mayhem and fights. Oh, let's throw a stallion into a pen with a bunch of wild donkeys and take bets on the winner. First guess.. stallion loses. Second guess ... where is that stallion now?

Aw shucks, the BLM is just havin' sum fun with the vermin.