tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696642843638819377.post4768232941772740464..comments2023-09-22T10:47:05.543-07:00Comments on In Arizona: OUR Sheldon Horses… How did this happen?Barb AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747788294153330305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696642843638819377.post-38820873728523821682009-08-20T18:32:18.654-07:002009-08-20T18:32:18.654-07:00Sorry...
I think we are all just very concerned ab...Sorry...<br />I think we are all just very concerned about the timeline for these horses!<br />Thanks, Barb!<br />KatUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680761623057447085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696642843638819377.post-39313240205584891052009-08-20T18:28:06.934-07:002009-08-20T18:28:06.934-07:00I fixed it. THANKS!I fixed it. THANKS!Barb AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747788294153330305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696642843638819377.post-55234666562374249012009-08-20T18:13:54.304-07:002009-08-20T18:13:54.304-07:00rest of article:
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The data used t...rest of article:<br />part 2<br /><br /><br /><br /> The data used to justify the gathers themselves are no less suspect. I can find conflicting environmental data easily on the net, but none within the EA. I can find no truly impartial source within Sheldon's document.<br /><br /> From looking at this process there is in truth no viable, impartial, environmental reason for these gathers to take place at all. The data appears to be constructed primarily to justify and perpetuate a business venture: one that began without the planning or resources to ever attain any real functional and sustainable ecological balance. It correlates with no protocol adopted on a national level, provides no infrastructure within the Sheldon NWR to handle the issue, and offers no protection for the horses. What it does do is make me ask more questions.<br /><br /> From my point of view this is a clear cut example of the need for current legislation sitting now in the Senate to finally create a national standard that was intended in 1971.<br /> S. 1579 actually is that doorway to begin the process of fixing the problems in a very tangible way, for all of OUR wild horses.<br /><br /> I am asking more questions. I am finding more answers. I will share them with you soon.<br /><br /> The answers aren't going to be found at Sheldon.<br /><br /> Laura Leigh<br /> A concerned horse owner and artist<br /> http://www.barndoorstudio.com<br /><br /><br /> Current Action status:<br /> There is a movement happening now to raise these questions and others on a legal level to begin to protect the horses at Sheldon and our national herd. The umbrella issues are beginning to take shape with actions surrounding S.1579. But as national attention and resources are drawn into the larger issues, the horses continue to be exploited. The gather at Challis July 09, the one planned for the well-known “Cloud’s herd” in the Pryor Mountains (BLM), and the almost voiceless band at Sheldon NWR.<br /> There may be a gather at Sheldon NWR within the next two weeks.<br /><br /> There is a chance that a legal effort made now can stall or stop the prospective gather. A strategy is currently in play.<br /><br /> Lacy Dalton from Let ‘em Run has stepped forward to be the focal point for a group effort supported by AOWHA, WIN, and many other concerned citizens.<br /><br /> Donations are needed in the event legal action is required to prevent another Sheldon Horse roundup.<br /><br /> Contribute to the Sheldon Horse Emergency Fund<br /><br /> The Let 'Em Run Foundation will act as the “bank” for the Sheldon legal effort. They want to make it clear to all the donors:<br /><br /> NOTE: Your contribution may or may not be needed. If you are so kind as to donate to this effort, you will receive an email advising you that your credit card donation was processed or cancelled, depending on if we are or are not required to obtain legal assistance.Thank you for your support!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680761623057447085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696642843638819377.post-88360829976231923462009-08-20T18:13:01.169-07:002009-08-20T18:13:01.169-07:00Rest of the article:
July 2009, Challis, ID...Rest of the article:<br /> <br /><br /> July 2009, Challis, ID<br /><br /> A gather has taken place just recently in Idaho. A repeat process plays out of more terror, death and needless cruelty. Of particular interest is the absolute harassment of a single horse. The pilot flies so close that the horse can actually kick at the helicopter. This is your tax money at work.<br /><br /> Pictures at Challis, July 2009:<br /><br /> http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/resources/testimonialId09.html<br /><br /> Gather planned at Sheldon, soon<br /><br /> As I made my inquiries to find my horse I was told horses would be available soon. Further inquiry has led me to the belief that a gather will take place within the next couple of weeks.<br /><br /> So I attempted to try to find ANY reason why this type of operation should be approved and funded buy my government. I found the EA (Environmental Assessment), I tried to compare to data from past gathers. The April 08 Final EA for Sheldon NWR is the document that will be used to base the “interim” gather policy until a final plan is drawn. Within the pages of the document I found inconsistencies in language. I found data only collected in house used within the actual document. Only within the public comments section are any real questions raised. Questions that are simply negated by a reiteration of the data in the document, no debate. However the most outlandish of the sources for data used to support the current protocol for gathers comes from Cattoor.<br /><br /> The data that appears within the Sheldon EA to support helicopter use as “safe,” during a gather, is produced from Sue Cattoor. Sue Cattoor owns Cattoor livestock. Cattoor livestock holds a “no bid” contract with the BLM to do the gathers. A “no bid” contract is one that is awarded without accepting other bids from other contractors. This contract over its term has netted Cattoor over 18 million taxpayer dollars. In any other process of law her statements would be viewed as biased due to self-interest and not considered as an objective recommendation as her statements would go directly to the survival of her contract! Even if her statements held validity it would not be appropriate that they be used as the sole source for any decision, in any process, that results in her receiving more of your taxpayer dollars.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680761623057447085noreply@blogger.com