Kathleen Hayden of Coyote Canyon Caballos d’Anza sent an UPDATE:
To everyone concerned about the Mares and foals and their pasture, after a meeting today we have been given more time so no one will be moving today..but it is not by any stretch a permanent solution just more time. Will be working on getting the herd declared a species of special interest which would possibly give the management process, and agencies a valid allowance for them to stay put…also looking for other, more secure back up locations. Lots of work …lots more work I should say.. the property owner was a very honest straight forward gentleman i found him easy to work with and a nice man at that, but he has to meet requirements that are not under his control. What i would like to see is BLM become more active in the return process..has anyone called Palm Springs BLM office lately?? It wouldn’t hurt to remind them we are waiting for the horses to be back on Fed. land…..
BLM Palm Springs office info:
John Kalish, Field Manager jkalish@blm.gov
Palm Springs – South Coast Field Office
1201 Bird Center Drive
Palm Springs, California 92262
Phone: (760) 833-7100
Fax: (760) 833-7199
SOURCE: EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE
FUTURE OF WILD HORSES LOCALLY IS IN PERIL: EVICTION NOTICED SERVED FOR JULY 15
By Miriam Raftery
July 14, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) – Plans to restore San Diego’s heritage herd of wild horses to public lands is in peril. An eviction notice has been served on the nonprofit organization that recently found and brought back the last descendants of San Diego’s original wild horses. Unless the property owner backs down, the horses will be evicted on Monday, July 15.
The Spanish introduced wild horses into San Diego County when the Mission was established in 1769. Indians later hid the horses away in the mountains of East County. The last of the horses were removed in 2003.
In 2010, a nonprofit organization, Coyote Canyon Caballos d’Anza, was formed to restore the herd to its range lands in northeast San Diego County. Only four stallions remained. They were brought back from out of state and are being fostered in captivity on private property near Warner Springs. Fourteen mares that are close genetic relatives have been brought in from Utah and are successfully breeding.
The animals are so rare that they have been declared by the International Equus Trust as a critically endangered species near extinction.
The Coyote Canyon nonprofit wants to restore the herd to federal public lands run by the Bureau of Land Management. But the BLM has ignored requests not only from the nonprofit, but also a unanimous vote by San Diego’s Board of Supervisors asking the BLM to explore relocation of the herd on federal public lands locally in the Beauty Mountain area of northeast San Diego County.
The group also wants the County to add the horses to its list of specially protected species, but thus far this has not been done.
Kathleen Hayden, head of the Coyote Canyon Caballos d’Anza organization, spoke with East County Magazine on Sunday. She told ECM she will be meeting with the property owner on Monday in hopes of changing his mind. The property owner wants to turn over the land as mitigation credit for burrowing owl habitat. Hayden told ECM that the horses are compatible with the owls and that the real reason for the eviction is that a cattleman with grazing leases on public lands wants the horses gone so that he can run cattle in the pasture.
“We don’t have any options at this point,” said Hayden. She added that her organization has met with Congressman Duncan Hunter and the BLM six weeks ago.
“He gave the BLM the mandate: Find a place on BLM land for these horses,” she said, adding that Coyote Canyon gave suggestions of other BLM land in the County that would qualify. But the BLM has not responded. “The silence is deafening,” Hayden said.
Concerned citizens can contact Congressman Hunter and also Congressman Darrell Issa, who heads up an oversight committee in the House of Representatives, Hayden advised.
Asked what will happen on Monday, July 15 if the property owner does not grant a reprieve from the eviction notice, Hayden replied, “I have no idea.”
For more information, visit www.heritageherd.com
For ECM prior coverage of the herd, visit: http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/12205
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Categories: Horse News, Wild Horses/Mustangs
Straight from the Horse's Heart 
I think they better come up with a backup plan or hide the horses like the Indians did. Otherwise these poor animals will end up in the atrocious conditions that so many mustangs have landed in under BLM control.
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BLM spells DEATH to wild horses. You needed a good backup plan and why are you waiting to the last minute to find a Plan B? Isn’t that just a little irresponsible? You should have been searching for alternative solutions before now. Egads. what a mess. Pray for the horses, they are going to need every bit of help from God and humans too..
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many local advocates work tirelessly behind the scenes to save their local herds. I’m sure they consider all of the possibilities and have back-up plans. We will stand by to support them.
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Right on Heather…walk in our shoes for the past ten years and you will find that we have exhausted every remedy except litigation…..find us a COMPETENT contingency attorney to file a TRO please…because we have been requesting legal assistance for ten years as well as seeking pastures ….all occupied by cattle.
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When you say all pastures have cattle…Are you looking in every state or just certain states? I live in Colorado and a lot of ranchers on the western slope region.
Have you looked in this area?
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Please do not trust the BLM they speak with FORK TONGUE. (double talkers, lairs, no good horse abusers & killers.)
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why would you want them under BLM. They will just kill them like the mustangs. I agree better come up with another plan.
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BLM transfered property to Ca. Anza Borrego State Parks that contained the CC herd area even though the law reserves herd areas in perpetuity.. to insure the genetic future of herds unique to those specific landscapes. Subsequently Ca.BLM Tom Pogacnik WHB managed offered us (CCCdA non profit) a pilot PARTNERSHIP program to restore the herd as BLM Solicitor ,acknowledged the mistake, admitting that BLM cannot abdicate their responsibility. The pilot program has be quashed by BLM officials in DC obviously because of the precedence this would set by community participation in managing their own heritage. The legal obligation lies with the agency to amend the resource management plan to comply with numerous laws including the National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act for special status species, NEPA, and the Wild Horse and Burro Act. Even though Congressman Duncan Hunter has asked BLM to do this…guess what?
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Maybe its time to sue BLM for all those zeroed out HMAs they claim don’t exist. The WH&B act charges them to maintian herds where they existed, which means they really didn’t have the right to transfer that land without making arrangements for the horses to remain and continue to be managed in place.
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Suing the BLM is something we at WHFF are no strangers to…but it takes a lot of money and the BLM has deep pockets, just full of our OWN money. It is a sick and twisted paradox. We have to spend our personal money in an effort to get the BLM to stop wasting our money while they fight back with our money. I think I need a Wrangler Iced Tea…
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Utilizing Equal Access to Justice Funds, enviro groups sue with anal regularity over wildlife v.cattle . One case , in Uintah County Utah ,denied wild horse occupation based on BLM’s failure to consult with the local state and federal agencies.
The wildlife agencies circumvent consultation MANDATES stating wild equids are not listed despite findings of fact in Mountain States v. Hodel
In structure and purpose, the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act is nothing more than a land-use regulation enacted by Congress to ensure the survival of a particular species of wildlife. The “exemption clause” of the Federal Land Planning & Management Act. Sec. 302(a) says; in relevant part,
“where a tract of the BLM lands has been dedicated to specific uses according to other provisions of law, it shall be managed in accordance with such laws.” This is consistant with the savings clause of pre existing uses.
The plain intent of Congress was to establish critical habitat within historic grazing ranges to ensure future genetic viability for wild equids in perpetuity. ESA law goes a step further and provides for extensions of habitat. None the less, whenever there is a resource management plan that requires wild life consultation, the wildlife services circumvent the consultation process when wild equids or herd area inventories are involved. The courts have already established that wild horses and burros are a protected wildlife special status species by operation of law that doesn’t require listing. Perhaps we need another court to specifically rule on that AGAIN.
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Amen, Amen, & AMEN!
so, why can’t Your group (0R other wild horse orgs, like WHFF*) also “Utilize Equal Access to Justice Funds” against BLM/DoI/FS, etc. to Force law enforcement??
& what DID happen with this “land Owner” yesterday ?
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Do you folks see whats obviously happening? Sue and Doink have been getting people fird, business people chastised, and running over anyone they can. This infection has run several rescues off their leased horse properties in order to glut more horses and cause more uncertainty. So in other words theywanted anti slaughter to offer what the solution to the horse problem so yhey could DESTROY
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Researching case findings related to land management plans and candidates for listing as special status species. These are the tools necessary and imperative to implement the intent of laws that mandate preservation and maintenance of our historic resources, i.e. wild and free roaming wild horse and burro herds on cultural landscapes.
1. The 1971 Wild horse Act is superseded by the Wildlife Trust laws whose basis was the Magna Carta which can be seen in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
2.Changes in English common law enacted in 1641, ruled that the Magna Carta had settled the question of who owns fish and wildlife.
3.Wild horses and burros are no less “wild” animals than are the grizzly bears that roam our national parks and forests (Mountain States v. Hodel)neither the states of the federal government have the right to harm Our Heritage Wildlife as found by Supreme court 1995 Ruling Babbit v.Sweet Home.
4. The Babbit v Sweet Home case found that The term “take” means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. 16 U.S.C. § 1532(19)
5. By a 6-3 vote, the Court upheld the statutory authority of the Secretary of the Interior to include “habitat modification and degradation” as conduct which constitutes “harm” under the ESA
In addition to the statutory provisions described above,
6. Section 5 of the ESA authorizes the Secretary to purchase the lands on which the survival of the species depends. Accordingly, Sweet Home maintained that this Section 5 authority was “the Secretary’s only means of forestalling that grave result [i.e. possible extinction)
7. As a result, based upon “the text, structure, and legislative history of the ESA the Supreme Court concluded that “the Secretary reasonably construed the intent of Congress when he defined ‘harm’ to include ‘significant habitat modification or degradation that actually kills or injures wildlife species.
8. Pursuant to BLM’s 2001 Special Status Species Policy requirement that “sensitive” species be afforded, at a minimum, the same protections as candidate species for listing under the ESA. It called on BLM managers to “obtain and use the best available information deemed necessary to evaluate the status of special status species in areas affected by land use plans . . . .
9. See Policy at § 6840.22A. Under the Policy, those land use plans “shall be sufficiently detailed to identify and resolve significant land use conflicts with special status species without deferring conflict resolution to implementation-level planning.” Id. (Case 4:08-cv-00516-BLW Document 131 Filed 09/28/11 Page 8 of 37 (Sagegrouse decision)
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Their minions are attempting to disembowel any protections the horses have. They dont want them to be protected, so they are uprooting anyone anywhere. Funny, i own a business and was informed they told people NOT to buy from our store. Of course that was ask the customers were buying MORE tgan they ever
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Sorry that was as the customers were buying more than ever before. My customers dont scare off, they stand their ground! However land owners, leasors to horses may be swayed easily. So i am assuming they are encouraging this bad behavior. If my customers brings me verfifiable proof my attorney said he would sue.
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Boycott beef. Better yet, go vegan.
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You can be sure it’s all going to back-fire on the ranchers.
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For sicker more evil news sue wallis is attempting to recruit signed affidavids that USA people will eat the horse meat, she is asking for as many as,possible to verify people will eat it in order to get ban on horsemeat US sales for consumption removed. Which explains WHY attorney Dunne is pushing sales in US will happen, Wallis is guarateeing it! I hope she gets voted out soon, even her facebookers that defected as soon as Valley Meats got approved have said that they are second thinking the seriousness of this idea. They are getting scared,of Wallis and her intentions to get this creeped them out in the US. See everyone rallied together whenthey were shipping overseas, but are turning tail and galloping away now thats its focusing on the US and read Sueys letter on her facebook page, its sounds nuts about them being the little guy in a sea of big money just trying to find their way, and the coffers he words folks, coffers are empty and they need donations to continue the fight and are completely broke as they volunteer to reopen slaughter and take NO pay to open this industry. I wish the remaining people,would,wake up and quit donating their hard earned tax dollars. That statement about being the little guy, first of all, sue needs cut off from her hay, second, when you own a ranch, are any form of government official, your NO
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Is delusional disorder a side effect of eating horse meat ?
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Contact Congressman Duncan Hunter (202.225.5672)
” Darrell Issa (202.225.3906)
The Coyote Canyon Herd is listed as a critically endangered/nearly extinct breed and need our protection now!
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Seems this herd would be safer in a private situation like their current one or like the previous article as long as the humans keep them wild and their fingers out of their mouths.
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If you do not know of an attorney who can devote time to force the government to engage with the Coyote Herd guardians – please write to their local government and the state supervisors and encourage them in no uncertain terms to get off the die and accomplish the goal of preserving this herd. Do you want to see this happen? Has this grouup not been working quietly and diligently? Please take the time to throw your weight in and get these hoRses and the people who have bee sweating this out the grease they need.
There is no excuse. The Coyote Herd guardians have been diligent. The horses should be returned to their land.
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AND the National Historic Preservation ACT, to boot? ? gRrrrrr!!
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oK, I am very* CONFUSED here…
1). “property OWNER wants to turn over the land as mitigation* credit* for burrowing owl habitat.” — How MUCH $$ is this ‘MITIGATION CREDIT’ ??? By WHOM is it offered? & what are those* SPECIFIC rules/regs/plans??
1b). since they are “close-by” – IS this $$ sum one which could feasibly be ASKED/begged from CELEBs such as Carole King, Viggo Mortensen, & other “sympathetics”??
2) “International Equus Trust has DeCLARED these specific Horses to BE: Critically. ENDANGERED, at imminent risk* of EXTINCTION”. — wh0 is the IET? & how does this declaration differ* from that of the burrowing OWL??
3) “Hayden…said..the horses ARE compatible with the OWLS”. — kinda ‘duh! ~question’, but is this CITED as FACT somewhere??
how can 1 critically endangered SPECIES be legally Wiped-out by another 1?? (0r vice versa!)
4). “real reason* for eviction is: a cattleman with grazing LEASEs on public*lands wants the horses gone so that HE can run cattle in THIS pasture.” — I’m totally LOST here! Is this Land OWNED by Landowner mentioned. 0r NOT?? Another Cow-farmer certainly has N0 “right” or even “expectation to USE” someone Else’s privately OWNED land!!? Or does she mean: this Cow-farmer :as offered a better $$ (to Purchase) it than the “OWL mitigation”?? It cann0t be both* – IF horses are N0T considered ‘compatible’, then COWS certainly are LESS so ?!!
5). Hayden’s org “met with Congressman Duncan Hunter & BLM 6 wks ago. He (CONGRESSMAN?) “gave BLM the MANDATE: Find* a place on BLM land for these horses,” !!?
…”Coyote Canyon gave suggestions of other BLM [sic, PUBLIC] land IN the County that would qualify” — by what Measures, or Twist-of-words, or UN-authorized “policy” ~ allows the piddling BLm Agency (serving 0nly at-will-&-pleasure) TO: simply Ignore the Endangered Species act, the CONGRESS, mandates, County & State governments, the WH&B LAW, NEPA, the Will of Public, and more???
Why should “we” need to SUE an “undeclared, by law” agenda* -To OBEY the LAWS already in place?? {or may WE all “imply” that WE can speed, burn, & plunder at whim* UNTIL a supreme ct RULES that we must stop* & OBEY established Law!? }
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still WAITing for answers about:
•actual OWNERS of land (or N0T)?
•the “Owl Mitigation” $$ figures?
•Rules for Endangered burrowing OWLS vs Critically* Endangered wild HORSE herd?? (& the difference)?
•how a Cow-farmer can expect to use another* person’s OWNED land?
•the Celebs idea (depending on $$ value)?
•i’m totally LOST on-the-trail- BLM gave* fed land TO a State Park? -state Park includes this protection Org (private) IN land/resource CONTRACT? – County (or State?) gov’t declares herd as Nat’l Heritage Preserved? – IES declares this HERD as Critically Endangered? — Congressman “MANDATES” BLM to Find a suited place, NOW? — BLM-Natl-DC “decides” (on its “Own”) “decides” that N0NE of above happens*? or is “accepted” – all are null&Void? –the state, the EPA, the NHA, the Endangered sp., the county, the CONGRESS, and a Private land OWNER??
•*• so What DID happen Monday????
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still WAITing for answers about:
•actual OWNERS of land (or N0T)?
•the “Owl Mitigation” $$ figures?
•Rules for Endangered burrowing OWLS vs Critically* Endangered wild HORSE herd?? (& the difference)?
•how a Cow-farmer can expect to use another* person’s OWNED land?
•the Celebs idea (depending on $$ value)?
•i’m totally LOST on-the-trail- BLM gave* fed land TO a State Park? -state Park includes this protection Org (private) IN land/resource CONTRACT? – County (or State?) gov’t declares herd as Nat’l Heritage Preserved? – IES declares this HERD as Critically Endangered? — Congressman “MANDATES” BLM to Find a suited place, NOW? — BLM-Natl-DC “decides” (on its “Own”) “decides” that N0NE of above happens*? or is “accepted” – all are null&Void? –the state, the EPA, the NHeritage presA, the Endangered sp., the county, the CONGRESS, and a Private land OWNER??
•*• so What DID happen Monday????
• & what does BLM have to D0 with Sale, OWNERSHIP, Use, Owls, Horses or earthworms ON privately OWNED property??
(or this is N0T ownership–rather land Used/leased/
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or the LAND is n0t “owned”, but rather Federal*/State land that’s Used/Leased/Contracted/whatEver ?? (but then HOW could the “owner” SELL it at all?!)
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With the blm, it’s business as usual. Decimate another hers and put them into holding pens where they will be abused and neglected by none other than themselves. Therese are your horses San Diego…YOUR HORSES!!! Is this what you want to support?
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