Closed-to-Public Facility offers One-Day Tour

The following post is from the Youths’ Equine Alliance.

Thanks to the help of our supporters we are ready to go into action at a moment’s notice. And it’s a good thing because we just found out about a tour of the Broken Arrow (aka Indian Lakes) Facility. If you remember we last did a report on the facility during the last tour. Here is a video of what we saw that day (October 2014.)

Broken Arrow is important to me because it has always been closed for the years that I’ve been involved, except for these 2 tours. The first time I went there (October 2013) I was only able to see horses from a great distance and I feared that no one in the public would ever be able to see or adopt the horses there. The last time they let the public in we were able to inspire and assist with adoption efforts of several horses! To us that is a huge accomplishment.

Currently being held at the facility – at great controversy – are 186 horses from the Fish Creek roundup. Beginning on February 13th, the BLM rounded up 424 horses with helicopters over 5 days. Of these horses, 186 were to be treated with fertility vaccine and RELEASED. All the mares were given the vaccine, however, due an appeal filed by Rancher Kevin Borba and Eureka County, the BLM has instead shipped the horses to Fallon and is holding them at the Broken Arrow/Indian Lakes facility. Here is a news article briefly describing the situation.

I think it is important for me to attend this tour. If we are able to raise enough for travel expense, we will be leaving later TODAY, after I get off of school. We will need to raise about $100 for gas and $50 for a room to stay because it is about 450 miles each way if we are to attend.

I would be honored if you would send me as your representative to document this rarely seen facility tour and the 186 horses from Fish Creek among the approximately 2,750 horses being held there. I also want to check on the Palomino Valley facility where there are approximately 1,200 while I am in Northern Nevada.

Thanks for all your support and encouragement.
From,
Your Friend
Robin