The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is continuing the war on wild horses by proposing to round up an astounding 2,500 wild horses — fully 80 percent of the wild horses in the Calico Complex in northwestern Nevada — and stockpile them in long-term government holding facilities. The roundups, which are set to begin December and last three months, will break horse families apart and permanently shatter complex horse society. To learn more about wild horse social and family bonds, see the wild horse series on PBS Nature, “Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies.”
The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has found that “BLM’s decisions on how many wild horses to remove from federal rangelands were not based on direct evidence that wild horse populations exceeded what the range could support and that removals were often not accompanied by reductions in livestock grazing levels or range management to increase the land’s capacity.”
The Calico Complex roundup plan continues BLM policy of removing wild horses, who are supposed to be protected by an act of Congress, for the benefit of private ranchers who graze their livestock on our public lands at bargain basement rates. The plan is an example of BLM’s gross mismanagement of our wild horses and public lands. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8824
Tags: BLM, Cloud Foundation, wild horses
Several of you have asked me if there’s any value in counter-flexing your horse while in true canter so I’d like to discuss that here.
1. Generally, you want to flex your horse in the direction of the canter lead he’s on. That goes for true canter as well as counter canter. So if you’re cantering on left lead, position his head so you just barely see his left eye and/or nostril.
2. I do often ask students to counter-flex their horses while cantering. For example, they’d just barely see the right eye or nostril when they’re in left canter. I do this to help riders feel if their horses are straight. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8812
Tags: equestrian disciplines, Horse Training, horse-back riding, Jane Savoie
