The Wild Horse Foundation has received many shipments of
wild horses from the BLM that did not have current shots only coggins and the
Assistant State Vet here in Texas regarded these as questionable, and over
40 wild horses came down with Rhino and the owner had to put many down at her
expense and many or most she financially paid to bring back to health after I
talked to the Washington acting Director and all he could say was, It
happens and listed things like, climate, weather, age of horses, and it sounded
like he kept saying that these horses didn't required these shots due to sell
authority restraints. Why aren't the Nonprofit Groups allowed in to
Inspect the BLM facilities, these are Open to the Public, owned by the Public
and should be held to Public scrutiny and standards! I applaud the
comment, What No Animal Police for them! Who are they, Better than Us.
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Yesterday, Betty Lee Kelly of Wild Horse Spirit, Ltd.
visited BLMs Palomino Valley wild horse and burro holding facility in Northern
Nevada due to an outbreak of salmonella that has claimed at least 130 wild
horses since the outbreak began.
Conversations with John Neill, Palomino Valley’s Center Manager, revealed little
about the latest crisis wild horses are facing, preferring instead to refer any
questions to Nevada Wild Horse & Burro Lead, Susie Stokke who was unavailable
for comment.
The facility is currently holding 1,350 wild horses of which 850 are estimated
as remaining from the Jackson Mountain Herd Management Area removals. Official
reports for the Jackson Mountain HMA stated 990 wild horses were removed between
8/28/07 and 9/14/07 with six being destroyed and one fatality.
Symptoms included diarrhea and death but when questioned about the number of
wild horses that might be affected, Neill’s only reply was “cultures have been
taken on several horses”.
Despite their current condition, it is unknown if wild horses may still be
shipped to other facilities such as the Carson Prison or “elsewhere”.
Cattoor Livestock Roundups was the contractor used for the Jackson Mountain wild
horse removals and questions about Cattoor’s trailers being sanitized since
discovering the Salmonella outbreak were also met with uncertainty.
On viewing the corrals, it was noted that a high proportion of foals and very
young horses were completely alone. When questioned where their mothers were,
Neill’s only reply was, “Some were not able to be connected back up to their
mothers.” Many of these foals appeared to be four months or under and there’s
additional concern that many of them may be too young to survive on their own.
The following photos were taken yesterday at the Palomino Valley facility around
11:00 a.m. BLM staff was still in the process of cleaning up and pictured here
is a foal that had expired only moments before the forklift came to “dispose” of
the body.
second
story................
The
recent outbreak of salmonella at the
Palomino Valley holding facilities has
sparked questions about how BLM will be able
to counteract the dangers of future
contamination to wild horses and burros
brought to the facility or transported to
others.
Research on Salmonella indicate the most
common sources of transmission is through
feces, contaminated food, water or the
excretions of other carriers such as birds,
rodents and farm animals.
It has also proven to be extremely hardy and
has been recovered in soil samples more than
300 days after exposure, nine months in
water, up to 30 months in dried feces, and
survives freezing temperatures.
Risk factors that enhance the fecal
excretion of Salmonella organisms include
transportation, crowding, abrupt change in
diet, intensive physical activity,
antimicrobial treatment, surgery and
gastrointestinal tract disorders.
Recommendations included confinement,
isolation and prevention of contact with
other animals until five consecutive samples
have tested negative.
(1)
While attention is centered around the
Palomino Valley facilities, questions about
conditions at other BLM facilities still
remain unanswered.
Karen A. Sussman, President of the
International Society for the Protection of
Mustangs and Burros (ISPMB) submitted a
report for the Subcommittee on National
Parks and Public Lands, held on June 13,
1998, which stated;
“Although BLM
requires its adopters to have shade and
protection from the elements for wild horses
and burros, BLMs facilities fail their own
standards. We are also aware that BLM has
knowingly sent sick horses from these
facilities to adoptions without regard for
the welfare of the horses or the transmittal
of these illnesses to other horses.”
(2)
Yet another example of how the general
populace is required to adhere to exacting
standards and laws that government entities
are exempt from.
The following photos have been taken from
BLMs Internet Adoption Website over the
course of the last year and leads to such
questions as:
Where is the “animal
police” or animal welfare groups that
protect our wild horses and burros from the
conditions portrayed here?
Why is there no protection for them?
-Humane Society of the United States-
2100 L. Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 452-1100
Fax: (202) 778-6132
(2) Range
Issues and Problems with the Wild Horse and
Burro Act and Its Implementation, Field
Hearing, Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands, Committee on Resources, House
of Representatives, 105th Congress, Second
Session, July 13, 1998, Reno, Nevada
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/resources/hii50579.000/hii50579_0.HTM
If you want to make a comment please make sure
you contact your local congressman or senator and raise cane over the treatment
of our Federally protected horses. Who let the wolf guard the chicken
house?
Enough is enough, where are these going and when
is this going to stop. They want to stop all the groups from organizing
and uniting to protecting the wild horses and burro's. If we don't come together
now we will loose.
My name is Ray Field and my 15
minutes ain't even started. Join us in the fight to help protect the wild
horses and burros.
Donate today? Adopt
somewhere today, even at a BLM adoption, get one out of there hands and into
yours today!
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro/adoptions.html
email:grfield@wildhorsefoundation.org
10-8-07
The
recent outbreak of salmonella at the
Palomino Valley holding facilities has
sparked questions about how BLM will be able
to counteract the dangers of future
contamination to wild horses and burros
brought to the facility or transported to
others.
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