tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618238585190945948.post3711962511477340421..comments2024-01-02T02:54:35.793-08:00Comments on Humane Observer: Elyse Gardner: STONE CABIN ROUNDUP - THOUGHT-PROVOKING FIRSTSHumane Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822411347516086748noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618238585190945948.post-9236584539421089252012-03-02T16:04:41.581-08:002012-03-02T16:04:41.581-08:00There are those who are willing to do most anythin...There are those who are willing to do most anything to Horses for money<br />and then there are those who are willing risk most anything to HELP them. Nicole stayed by her Horse's side, in the quicksand for 3 hours. This story was posted in HABITAT FOR HORSES by Jerry Finch<br />Pictures and video in the article<br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107521/Nicole-Graham-Astro-Mother-stayed-horses-3-hours-getting-trapped.html<br />Friday, Mar 02 2012<br />Race against the tide: Bravery of young mother who stayed by her horse’s side for THREE HOURS after getting trapped in mud ‘like quicksand’<br />Panic as 78-stone show horse is ’swallowed-up’ by mud<br />Mother freed her daughter and another horse before returning to trapped animal<br />Astro was freed just minutes before the tide closed inLouie Cocroftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618238585190945948.post-42285294164021120702012-02-28T00:13:20.737-08:002012-02-28T00:13:20.737-08:00ACTION ALERT
America’s Wild Burros need help
http:...ACTION ALERT<br />America’s Wild Burros need help<br />http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6931/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9485<br />Please Urge the BLM to Cancel Arizona Burro Roundup, Removal & Castration Plan<br />Comments Due February 28, 2012<br />The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Yuma, Arizona Field Office is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment for a massive burro roundup and removal plan. The agency plans to use helicopters to stampede and capture 400 wild burros in the Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area (HMA) in southwestern Arizona and permanently remove 350 of them from their home in this remote and rugged region on the border of California.<br />Environmental Assessment<br />http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/az/pdfs/nepa/projects/yuma/10.Par.94111.File.dat/AZ-C020-10-0012EA-Burro_Gather.pdf<br />1. BLM proposed roundup and removal of Wild Burros from Cibola-Trigo HMA/Arizona<br />From the Environmental Assessment:<br />4.1.6.1 Proposed Action<br />The process for selecting jacks to be gelded is described in appendix C. Although the gelding process is very stressful to jacks, precautionary actions will be implemented to lesson these impacts on the castrated jacks.<br />Standard Operating Procedures<br />for Field Castration (Gelding) of Jacks in Cibola-Trigo HMA<br />January 2012<br />9. Any jack determined or believed to be a cryptorchid would be allowed to recover from the anesthesia, marked for later recognition, and shipped to a BLM prep facility for appropriate surgery or EUTHANASIA if it is determined that they cannot be fully castrated. At no time would a partial castration be performed. Because cryptorchidism is an inherited condition, at no time should cryptorchid jacks be released back into an HMA. <br />5.1 List of Preparers<br />John Hall, Project Lead Wild Horse and Burro Specialist, BLM YFO<br />Dave Daniels Planning and Environmental Coordinator, BLM CRD<br />Erica Stewart Fire Ecologist and Wildlife Biologist, BLM YFO<br />Tom Jones Archaeologist, BLM YFO<br />Arturo Lopez Realty Specialist, BLM YFO<br />Ron Morfin Team Lead, Wilderness and Recreation, BLM YFO<br />Karen Reichhardt Assistant Field Manager, BLM YFOLouie Cocroftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618238585190945948.post-54533109078735582672012-02-27T00:35:47.542-08:002012-02-27T00:35:47.542-08:00Good people on the ground can make a difference in...Good people on the ground can make a difference in the lives of a few horses and burros, and this work is about each and every one. But until policy is changed so that the 1971 Act is followed through, every single wild horse is threatened. We need to continue adding to our numbers speaking on behalf of these animals fast disappearing from the American scene...Humane Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822411347516086748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618238585190945948.post-27667303953646554812012-02-25T23:33:25.803-08:002012-02-25T23:33:25.803-08:00It's a start, Elyse. Good people on the ground...It's a start, Elyse. Good people on the ground can make a tremendous difference, as in this case. They do what they can and we understand that there are limits to their authority. The entire system needs to be thoroughly overhauled and cleaned out. Wild Equines should never be put through the trauma of roundups, PERIOD. Thank you for being there and for reporting back to us.Louie Cocroftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618238585190945948.post-17005837750241153622012-02-24T09:11:15.805-08:002012-02-24T09:11:15.805-08:00I am also relieved that they let at least two of t...I am also relieved that they let at least two of the club footed youngsters live. I don't know whose decision it was, but it is a relief that someone made it so that these horses could live.<br /><br />I have never understood why the club footed horses have been targeted if they are simply going to go to LTH. If LTH is such an easy life for the wild ones,and they are not gong to be bred, it has never made any sense to me that they would be euthanized.Arkansas Blogging and Updateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718201926485378728noreply@blogger.com