Triple B 2018 | Page 7

www.yourmagazine.com

07

If you can appreciate the confusion in tracking down a simple photo or information from the capture of your new horse, can you imagine the issues this creates when addressing management.

Instead of an in depth document that outlines the specific needs of each distinct area and population we have voluminous volumes that represent the impact of a roundup to profit driven interests, not in depth management structures.

Has the 1971 law been as ignored and unenforced as the 1959 law? Not exactly. It has been manipulated and, simply, misused.

Wild Horses in the Triple B Project Area

The wild horses in the project area represent multiple, distinct, populations.

The breed influence, the history and the terrain are varied. The terrain occupied by our wild horses includes valleys and mountains, many with differing environmental conditions that include the species of native grasses and precipitation levels.

The wild horses that live in Cherry Creek are very different than the ones that occupy the Newark Valley. The Newark Valley wild horses are extremely distinct populations than the ones that occupy the Goshute Valley.

When branded and offered for adoption most often they will not be branded as "Triple B" but by the distinct HMA, yet managed under one document.

This can create a lot of confusion for adopters tracking down photos of their adpted wild horse.