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Las Vegas Now | I-Team: Still No Answers to What Killed 71 Horses at Test Range

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:50:11 -0000

One year ago this week, dozens of wild horses were found dead on the Tonopah Test Range. The BLM and Air Force announced at the time that a full investigation would be launched to find out the cause of death. Twelve months later, the public is still waiting for answers.

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Last summer roundup under way for Nevada mustangs | www.rgj.com | Reno Gazette-Journal

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:05:02 -0000

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Plan to kill wild horses runs into trouble - CNN.com

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:14:17 -0000

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Euthanasia for wild horses | The News is NowPublic.com

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:14:00 -0000

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RENO Magazine - Stories

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:54:13 -0000

What’s an iconic symbol of Nevada?
When I picture the Silver State, I envision a band of horses running wild
over the dusty plain or professional cowboys giving their all at the Reno
Rodeo. Thus, I think the horse appropriately defines this area.

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Wild horses aren't free - Los Angeles Times

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:53:56 -0000

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It's not news that America is a cowboy nation, but it may surprise many that we are destroying the horse we rode in on.

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Activist attacks and celebrity endorsements | The Good, The Bad, The Spin

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:31:51 -0000

They are one of Nevada’s most misunderstood attributes. From long eyelashes in Disney movies to the ongoing anthropomorphic attitudes expressed by all stripes of mostly well-intentioned folks, Nevada’s wild horses are universally admired. They are also endlessly mired in controversy.

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Great counter points! posted by davidlaplante

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YouTube - nevadadcnr's Channel

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:17:55 -0000

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Pacific Wild Horse Club - Home

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:56 -0000

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World Prout Assembly: The Protection of Wild Horses under the Wild and Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:02 -0000

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he very concept of establishing and maintaining a thriving natural ecological balance between wild horses and cattle on public lands shows the folly of this approach. Cattle ranchers wish to extract all possible use from the areas that they lease on the public lands, and wish their cattle to get to the heaviest slaughter weight as quickly as possible. This approach and process contradict and manipulate the natural processes by which a biotic community sustains itself in any environment. The presence of commercially exploited cattle on public lands prevents, by definition, the establishment or maintenance of a thriving natural ecological balance. It is clear that when an agency chooses to "manage" land according to a grazing model, its determinations will be very different from those of an agency following a wildlife model.

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Saving the Virginia Range Wild Horses

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:05:14 -0000

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Ag Director takes aim on wild horses, P.21

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:52:35 -0000

A crew from Twelve Horses, a major media and marketing firm that has developed a number of Nevada tourism promotions, came out Wednesday to shoot footage of the range and the Virginia Range horses.

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spirit.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:31:35 -0000

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Virginia Range Wild Horse Study, P.11

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:15:49 -0000

Summary of findings listing 550 as carying capacity for just the allotment of the study area.

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Virginia Range Wild Horse Study, P.14

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:12:30 -0000

chart showing carying capacity

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Fund-raisers say 'neigh' to wild-horse slaughter | Nevada Appeal | Serving Carson City, Nevada

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:05:40 -0000

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"These horses are descended from the pioneers who settled Nevada," Butler said. "These are the horses who made it possible for people to come out here in the first place."

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VREHP-FactSheet.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:05:39 -0000

Since most of the land in the Virgini Range heard area is private it falls outside the jurisdiction of the BLM and by association the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act (WH&B act). Instead it is administered by the Nev Dept. of Agriculture.

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The Department’s long term goals are to annually remove 250 to 350 head per year until the agreed upon population level of 550± head is attained and maintain this population level to: a) evaluate the range carrying capacity; b) minimize public safety issues; c) reduce land owner-estray horse conflict; d) increase cooperation and coordination with special interest groups to assure all horses gathered are adopted in a timely manner; and, e) expand collaboration with the Prison Gentling Program. posted by mehwolfy
2002 saw an increase in gather numbers to 195 horses processed and adopted to safe homes. posted by mehwolfy

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positionstateVRE4-2008.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:05:38 -0000

Nevada Department of Agriculture Position Statement
Regarding Virginia Range Estray Horses

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North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Nevada

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:05:37 -0000

Benefit to prison system

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What about expanding programs like this as a management tool? posted by mehwolfy

What's the difference between a wild horse and estray?

"Actually nothing," said Hank Curry, horse trainer for the program. "It's just where they're caught. Most of the estray horses are caught on Nevada state land. It just depends on what side of the river they're on the day they caught them."

The starting bid for horses is $150, and prices have reached $4,000 for popular horses. All of the money returns to Silver State Prison Industries. In the past year, the program, which includes the manufacturing of draperies, mattresses, jeans and denim jackets, the restoration of cars and other vehicles, and a printshop and bindery, has returned more than $400,000 to the state.

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