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Final Push To Prevent Onaqui Herd Roundup By BLM

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Thanks to the American Wild Horse Campaign for sending this easy way to send comments to the BLM.  The BLM is within weeks of rounding up 90% of the Onaqui Herd and removing nearly 400 of these beautiful horses to spend the rest of their lives in a pen somewhere in the Mid-West.  We are so lucky to have this herd within an hour drive from Salt Lake.

The BLM doesn’t seem concerned about reducing the 2,500 head of sheep and the 2,000 head of cows it grazes in the Onaqui Herd Management Area.  According to the BLM only the 500 head of Wild Horses need to be reduced.  Please follow the link below to submit your comments to the BLM.

Thanks!!!

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Greig,

Earlier this week, we wrote you about the urgent need to speak up for the wild horses in the Onaqui HMA in Utah. Many of you had trouble with the BLM site that was accepting public comments, so now we have secured an easier and more reliable way to submit comments.

Please take action today to stop the removal of 379 cherished Onaqui horses from their homes on our public lands.

Thanks,

The AWHC Team

American Wild Horse Campaign
P.O. Box 1733
Davis, CA 95617
United States

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BLM Asking for public input on Onaqui Herd – Please consider giving your input!!

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I just received notice from the BLM specifically about this wonderful herd of wild horses I love to photograph.  They are looking for public input on the issue of thinning the herd from their estimate of 450 horses to between 120 and 200 horses.  They state the reasons in the attached pdf.  I am always amazed how they (the BLM) are happy to have around 2,000 head of cattle and 2,500 head of sheep use the Herd Management Area each year, BUT IT IS THE WILD HORSES THAT ARE THE PROBLEM!  Anyway, I would ask that you consider giving your input to the BLM on behalf of this wonderful herd of wild horses that do not have a voice in this issue.  They need our help.

Thank you for your consideration.  This link should open the BLM’s pdf on this issue that gives instruction on how to submit your thoughts.

18_ Utah Onaqui HMA public comment

Sheep At Watering Hole – Onaqui HMA – BLM Controversy

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I have been photographing the Onaqui herd of wild horses for 7 years now.  There is a lot of debate about this herd and others in Utah, Nevada, and elsewhere.  The debate centers around the idea the herds are growing too big and eating up all of the feed and water.  This rhetoric comes from those that use the same land to graze their sheep and cattle.

Here is a photograph I took last year.  This is taken at a small watering hole that is used regularly by the Onaqui herd of approximately 100 horses.  Now, ask yourself, are the horses the problem or the sheep/cattle?  Pretty powerful photograph.  I wish you could see it in full resolution.  There are sheep EVERYWHERE!  By clicking on the first image you will be looking at a panoramic of pasted images of the scene at the watering hole.  The other images are five magnifications of this image, showing you exactly how many sheep were watering at this hole on this day.  I am in favor of limiting the number of horses in this herd.  I am not in favor of roundups.  I have seen the effects of roundups on the social structure of the herd.  The BLM is faced with a huge problem.  I hope we can find a workable solution for the benefit of the herd and future generations.