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Emaciated Mustang foal put down at Broken Arrow
Posted on May 18, 2010 by Editor

Cross-posted from TheExaminer.com

Excerpted from article written by LAURA LEIGH

This emaciated wild foal was put down after humane observers at Broken Arrow discovered her and reported the situation to the BLM. Would she have starved to death without their help? Photograph by Laura Leigh

Visitors went to the Broken Arrow facility as they do every Sunday. Observers have been traveling to the remote privately contracted facility to document the conditions our wild horses are held in after being rounded-up by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this past winter.

Dean Bolstad of the BLM led the tour. Bolstad informed the visitors that there had been over 300 births at the facility and the daily number of births had slowed.

As the tour was ending observers came across a severely emaciated foal. The mare was present and protective but appeared to have no bag. They notified Bolstad who said he would contact the vet immediately after the tour.

The foal was euthanized Sunday after observers vacated the facility.

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Wild Horse foal dies at the Broken Arrow
May 18, 4:52 AMHorse ExaminerLaura Leigh
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Foal euthanized Sunday night (Laura Leigh)Visitors went to the Broken Arrow facility as they do every Sunday. Observers have been traveling to the remote privately contracted facility to document the conditions our wild horses are held in after being rounded-up by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this past winter.
Dean Bolstad of the BLM led the tour. Bolstad informed the visitors that there had been over 300 births at the facility and the daily number of births had slowed.
As the tour was ending observers came across a severely emaciated foal. The mare was present and protective but appeared to have no bag. They notified Bolstad who said he would contact the vet immediately after the tour.
When questioned as to how often the horses were observed by the on staff veterinarian Bolstad responded that the vet was out to the facility daily.
"I'm assured repeatedly that these horses are cared for," said Elyse Gardner "so why does it seem that it is the public observers that continually need to bring so many overlooked injuries, illness or orphaned foals to the attention of the BLM?"
The foal was euthanized Sunday after observers vacated the facility.
Births and deaths of foals are not counted in inventory until they are freezemarked at 4-5 months of age. So the death of this foal is not expected to appear on the BLM update page.



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I guess you missed this part of the story.The remote privately contracted facility. A job that used to be done by the government is contracted out to a private company whose main interest is making a profit and this is the inevitable result.

So sad. This happens all over the place - somewhere local there was a story in the Times last week.

no it's the gub'mint's fault.

When you hire someone to do a job for you sparks, do you just give them the money and let them do whatever they want?

Or do you check up on them once in a while?

Must have been a union job !!!!