Photojournalist – Journalist

Let’s look into the term “Bias”, since it is a caveat, we use often, as well as others in this field, and most often with the term “Ignorance”.  Bias is a “prejudice” in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair; whereas, Ignorance is a lack of knowledge or information.

In science, bias and ignorance, both remain of serious concern.  If one is not aware of what they look at, nor are they intelligent enough to define or redefine data-collected, or simply just do not know at all; well, the question becomes evident – “What type or types of information will they develop as a truth, or distribute to the public, as a truism?”

We have a problem here.  At the advent of the popularity of the Internet> . . We realized long ago, and it was quite obvious, many people do not understand what they read or hear.  To compound this issue, we also discovered, through research and observation (what we do here, as well as research), many people simply did not know how to read, so understanding the words in front of them is essentially useless.

Now we go to “Bias” and the endeavors of those people who have a record, or history of Bias, most often based upon ignorance and foul-perceptions, are now giving us information, over the internet among other social outlets, of a low capacity. . . There is absolutely no truth involved, and deceptive toward favoring their personal endeavors, as well, precisely.

When we start looking at the current realm of hunter-trapper endeavors toward Conservation, we find all of the above true.  Worse yet, when we delve into government agencies, we discover an even more profound situations of ignorance and bias, but we level the term to incompetence, or intertwine the terms, in particular with employees with “bad attitudes”, within the government work force.  Then, worse yet, we find these same people making decisions, awkwardly at best, within scientific endeavors, as well as wildlife management or lands management.

Can they do harmful things?  No doubt and absolutely, as we see it ongoing today.  Asking the right questions remain one thing.  Answering the questions legitimately, truthfully, and with knowledge, in accord with no bias, no ignorance, and suddenly we have the answers – whether we like them or not.

There is nothing that can be developed through subjective-opinionated science, as it is both based upon ignorance as well as bias.  No resolutions involved here.  The situations simply become worse, as we see today. Qualifications as well as necessity of fact, and historical credibility needs to be checked, from any individuals or groups that portray themselves as potential managers, for a good example here, of Our Wild Horses on Public Lands.

Currently, after checking qualifications and experience, we find no Wild Horse Advocates nor groups therein (in particular selling their lies o the FB pages), qualified to manage our Wild Horses, nor any type of Lands Management — yet many attempt to lie, cheat, and deceive, in a regular basis — the most ironic are what we call newbies, and ranting and raving about Wild Horses, and about those us on the Range or in the mountains daily with wild horses — and actually have followers.

So much for the quality of Horse Advocates, and groups, on FB . . . How do we know this — the Wild Horses, after facing extinction for the past 30 years, are indeed, and currently, going extinct — and the use of Toxic Chemicals — or what they refer to as an Immuno-contraceptive (yet the Pesticide PZP and Pesticide GONACON registered as Pesticides with the USDA / EPA) yet are Pesticides, as registered, is quite telling about many Wild Horse Advocates and Government personnel that refer to science as some sort of their decision making process — yet remain telling the public outright lies about their truthfully obsessed “liquidation” of America’s Icons, the Wild Horses.

Disinformation is a very powerful tool. Our government has been using it for 20 – 25 years now, and in the matters of our Public Lands. If one actually looks, with an educated and open-mind-set, we find government manages our lands and wildlife, within a corporate mind-set, or an industry takes priority mind-set; thereby, the Disinformation. The Wild Horses, in this case scenario, lose.

I was in a discussion the other day, and there have been several like this (I defer here to just how powerful Disinformation is and ongoing right now). A person with a loving heart, and good intentions, told me about a fellow that has seen corrals around his area, with very healthy wild horses in them; Thereby, his conclusion was that advocates were full of crap, most often, and those horses were getting fat in those corrals, where BLM-Forestry pay to those ranchers a $-Buck a day to be there. So, in his mind, how indeed, could advocates be “right” about what they say?

This is interesting, because those particular corrals he is mentioning, are in Reality, Holding-Pens for Wild Horses, and yes for the BLM (yes the corruption continues, despite their stating it does not, imagine that) . . . But – those corrals, as we know as fact, are holding pens for Kill-Buyers, to eventually pick up those Wild Horses in them, and take them to Mexico, for Slaughter.

These are what we refer to as Remote Holding Pens/Corrals, and we see when perusing our overall aerial photos. They are used-regularly, often full, then emptied every few weeks, then full again – No one the wiser – and done right under Wild Horse advocates’ noses – with commercialized non-profit people/supposed advocates, that take part in it, as well.

In the article, Wild Horses To Slaughter, years ago, there was an interview, between a BLM Police Officer (which those involved in this investigation were fired when they completed it) and a Kill Buyer. He was quite clear, that no Wild Horses were stolen from Public Lands, “unless” a BLM employee was there to over-see the situation, entirely – then off to temporary holding-pens (being discussed here) went the stolen Wild Horses . . . More bothering — he was asked how high-up the BLM employee ladder this knowledge went. He stated clearly, and signed the document to certify the comment, “All the Way to the top, because there is none that don’t know.”

Unfortunately, at the advent of pro-slaughter people and their invasion of honest horse advocates, we find now it is not only wayward and corrupted BLM government employees, but corrupted advocates as well, are there seeing it, and say nothing. $$$$. Yes, the photographers, the darters/shooters of toxic chemicals into Wild Horses, and BLM Private Contractors, alike, and today, all know, and never say a thing.

So, we have a problem with people not knowing what they do not know, or consciously, attempt to ignore the bad things, and move on to attempt resolution via – well, resolution cannot happen in these types of scenarios, what so ever. Wild Horses Die! UNTIL EXTINCT!

The fact remains, one can, specifically, keep supporting the non-profits and BLM, and nothing will become resolved. Or, you can wisely not-support corrupted non-profits, nor the BLM, and we “can-do”, as American’s, truthfully resolve these issues.

As long as advocates remain complacent about these very serious and truthful situations, by ignoring them, nothing good will happen for the Wild Horses’ – Absolutely Nothing. They will continue to be darted with a dangerous Pesticide, GONACON (with a Tuberculosis Microbe Adjuvant), and the Roundups will continue; whereby, to the Absolute Death and Extinction of Wild Horses, becomes a reality over all-else. Ironically, as I mentioned, many folks do not know that today we see a rise in Tuberculosis in the United States —

One has to wonder about this incompetence from the BLM and our own Government, about this fact. Many questions come-up, due to this situation of exploitation of our Public Lands — it is called Accountability! Perhaps it is time the BLM, the USDA Forestry, and several commercialized non-profits become accountable, both legally and ethically.

Advocates support corruption, whether knowing or not, corruption just becomes worse, and once again, Wild Horses Die until Extinct!(photo: myself with domestics in a pasture in the mountains. Wild Horses should never be behind fences, nor entrapped within them) . . .