Many myths in wild horse management debate
By Robert V. Abbey The subject of wild horses prompts understandably emotional responses and, unfortunately, misinformation from some wild horse advocates who are critical of the Bureau of Land Management’s management of these “living legends” of the American West. These errors and false allegations serve neither the 37,000 wild horses and burros roaming Western public […]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
“Thank you for the excellent services you provided during the recent 2009 Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range gather. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was very impressed with your willingness and ability to perform these services with the amount of public scrutiny present at the gather. Your crew’s exceptional skills in gathering and handling wild […]
Article from the Cody Enterprise
BLM completed “a perfect gather” of 191 wild horses in the McCullough Peaks, with 94 horses trucked to Rock Springs for eventual adoption. Spokesman Sarah Beckwith said the horses will be available for adoption at Rock Springs within about 30 days. Those not adopted there will be brought back to the Cody-Powell area in the […]
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Utah State Office
Dear Mr. Cattoor: Please accept my appreciation for the outstanding work you and your crew have done for the Utah wild horse program and others like it throughout the West. Gathering horses for the Bureau of Land Management can be as much hard work as fun. I’m sure you have experienced more of the hard […]
San Juan Resource Bureau of Land Management
Thank you for the opportunity to observe the Spring Creek Wild Horse Removal on October 15 thru 17, and the initial phases of the Adoption process at Breen, Colorado on October 27, 1995. The overall planning and implementation of both the gather operation and initial processing were excellent. I was particularly impressed with the performance […]
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Rock Springs District Office
The sensitive and controversial nature of the gather recently completed on the PMWHR required the highest level of professionalism from the contractor. Dave Cattoor of Cattoor Livestock Round-up delivered more than could have been expected. Dave and his crew were in tune with the special parameters and demands of this gather and did an excellent […]
United States Department of the Interior BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Dear Troy, Please accept my thanks for the outstanding work accomplished by you and your crew during our 1997 Piceance Wild Horse Removal. Your experience and skills were obvious to all of us who worked the project with you as well as to our assorted observers. I am pleased to report that media coverage of […]
United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
This is the second wild horse gather that I have been able to attend. The first gather a the Little Books Cliffs, north of Grand Junction was organized and performed with the cooperation of the Grand Junction office of the BLM and the “Friends of Mustangs”, local animal advocate group. That gather was extremely well […]
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Dear Dave and Sue: Please accept our sincere appreciation for the excellent services you provided during the recent Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range gather effort. We realize we had developed a program of selective removal and containment which was somewhat different than standard procedures, and we were very impressed with both your willingness and ability […]
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF MUSTANGS & BURROS
Dear Dave: Thank you for your letter of December 13th letting me know that Y0U have been awarded the contract to gather the excess wild horses for the Elko, Nevada District near Curry, Nevada, and for your invitation to observe the gathering. we plan to be in attendance. I agree, there have been many abuses […]