Preservation of America's Wildlife

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  • Producing Deceptive Information

    Article by
    John Cox, M.A. C/M

    Producing Deceptions

    Producing deception is the act of intentionally communicating false information, or, hiding the truth to make someone believe what is not true. It is “knowingly” communicating or misleading the information, with a precise intent – That intent being to mislead people, the public. In the cases myself and others explored, we found exploiters often believe they obtain a cultural-status (ironic to say the least), monetary income, through psychological manipulations, and use outright lies to do do.

    They also manipulate the Narrative, and what this article is about.  We can center a significant psychological attribute to not just Pathological Liars, but Pathological Narcissists, as well.  Sociopathic Behaviors also within this realm of deceit.

    It requires a mental effort to deceive the public, and what their end-goal is to achieve, rather than the truth. For example, in this case scenario (i.e. article), within a Documentary Format, or isolating their narrative as a speech, or a personal-talk to each individual out there listening to them, to sell the public to donate to them, e.g. by Saving Wild Horses, et al. (e.g. and there is plenty of it – as evidence, within the Wildlife Management professions as well as many others, but I will stay within the parameters of Wildlife, Science, and Misinformation ), covering up corrupted science, people’s actual field experience, education, and right here in Wild Horse Advocacy.

    Rather than tell the truth, those who deceive, outright – lie, rather than tell the truth.  Their brain must actively manage memory, suppress reality, and construct a believable story.  Information left out, or deceptive information, in documercials, in particular, as easy as the truth lays on the Editorial Room Floor – or, in the deleted bin when digital Editing involved.

    The “Core” of their deception is Falsification.  They are good at Inventing and stating, completely, false facts.  Or, alteration of a small part of evidence that conflicts with the truth.

    The next step being concealment.  They will Hide vital parts of the true story.  Ambiguities follow, providing vague, or obscure answers to dodge the truth.  Self-regulatory expressions, especially within a digital or film format in a documentary (i.e. Pathological Liar – Sociopathic Dysfunction).  They will try, and often succeed to control facial expressions, especially during the One-on-One platform of speech, with no fidgeting, or voice-tone, to look and sound believable, during their portions of persuasion, or manipulation. If it sounds like a Politician, you are correct, as many use the similar formats mentioned here.

    Today I find the term “Re-Wilding” the Wild Horses as a Perceptive Bargaining Chip, for this deception I explain above.  It is noteworthy to explain here, as well, not many people have the experience of “Re-Wilding” to state they are an Expert, or should be doing it at all (the catastrophic results are obvious with many) – and even less have direct experience with Horses, within in any form or knowledgeable base to actually manage the Wild Horses correctly. 

    So we observe, as evidence, to what we see today – Domestic Horses roaming throughout the 11 Western States, and referred to as being Re-Wilded.  We find, along with several others investigating this situation, a mere 4% are somewhat successful, the remainder are not, and having problems keeping Horses alive in areas and Ecological Habitats they were never introduced to previously. Evolution plays a roll in all of this, as well.

    This develops a strain upon Wild Horses that need to be “Saved”.  More often than not, they are excluded, and sent to slaughter.  The basis of the “deceptions” becomes part of the overall problem, and refusal to be truthful about the inherent problems many are facing within their, in reality, Pastured Horses, which are on the increase.

    The dubious at best, Fertility Controls, yet another “Deception”, which, we find 96% of those selling the Fertility Controls of PZP / GONACON to the general public to obtain donations, are indeed, making $Millions yearly, in their non-profits.

    When we refer to journalism of today, “If It Bleeds, It Leads” and being a profitable outlook to many a journalist in selling their article, we find similar traits of selling toxic chemicals, and Re-Wilding comparative to Wild Horse Advocacy. The more they discuss Slaughter, or Saving Wild Horses (catch-all-phrases at best) we find the truth simply unavailable for discussion, and False Narratives their choice of discussion. They will demean, or insult, those who bring the truth up — as the necessity of a Pathological Narcissistic, is to never be wrong, and cannot be told they are wrong.

    We observe “Truth Suppression”, directly and without doubt. . . And the truth must be suppressed while building their false narratives.  The deceivers must invent, or reinvent continuously, details (i.e. to cover up the fact no Wild Horses Saved over the years, becomes a challenge to cover-up) as to why they made so much profit, and high salaries; yet little to no Wild Horses Saved, at all, within the true context of the meaning “Saved”! 

    This means the misinformation they are giving to the public is merely a “Spin of Interpretation”, and “Omit Facts”, or, “Statistical Data on Wild Horses Saved”, or whether they have Wild Horses at all at their supposed Re-Wilding Pastures – of did they Re-Wild at all, and just sent them out to Pasture. Most often we find this to be the fact, rather than . . .

    It makes no difference at all, the documentaries, and the well-done “Short-Docummercials” placed onto Social Media Platforms.  Hunters and Trappers, and Ranchers, and their Lobby Groups, do the same thing – yet different forms of False-Narratives.  All of them will state their information based upon Science, and everybody else is wrong.  Whose Science? We do not know, because their misinformation and Narratives have nothing to do with reality, nor science of any type, most often.  Ranching is the same. 

    The vast amounts of our Lands being destroyed, as well as our water polluted, and Horses and other Wildlife on the verge of Extinction, or getting close to being endangered.  The “Calling” is to Not Support the Misinformation, the False Narratives, because lands destroyed and other live forms on this planet die. Sacrificing Life for others to exist for slaughter, obviously a conflict in reasoning.”  — John Cox, M.A. C/M, 2026

  • Welfare Ranching on Public Lands, is Needed or Taxpayer Funded Corruption?

    Investigated and Written by
    John W. Cox

    “The actual costs to taxpayers for the public lands grazing program, direct costs to Taxpayer’s.  Not shown are the destructive elements, costly and according to science, common sense, and observed quite abundantly by many (i.e. Land Desertification, et al. Public Lands), as well as water-wells owned by ranchers yet on Our Public Lands and rancher’s bill Taxpayers through the BLM to water their own cattle, among other situations, that cost Millions yearly.

    Studies and government reports indicate that the federal public lands grazing program results in an annual net loss to taxpayers, but the amounts are in the hundreds of millions of dollars, in Direct-Subsidies alone . . .

    (OF NOTE) Also keep in mind, when perusing this article, In the U.S. alone, one study estimated that — 194.7 million kg (i.e. 194,700 tons of beef) is wasted due to discoloration at the retail level, representing a loss of about 780,000 cattle annually. Other estimates suggest the U.S. wastes approximately 21% of all meat consumed at both retail and consumer levels . . .  So, is the Grazing Permit Program on Public Lands viable, or is it just a situation of serious Profiteers, found a weak spot in government, to walk-in and take advantage of Taxpayer Money under the guise of some type of historical myth.  Welfare Ranching (Public Lands Ranching) is only a mere 4% of the Ranching in America – and sales less than 1% yearly, according to USDA Domestic Receipts of Public Lands Beef.

    RANCH SUBSIDIES ONLY

    Annual Cost to Taxpayers: The direct government expenditures to administer the public land grazing program (by agencies like the BLM and Forest Service) exceed the grazing fees collected. The net loss to taxpayers is estimated at a minimum of $123 million annually, and possibly over $500 million annually when indirect costs (such as environmental damage mitigation, predator control, and wildfire suppression related to grazing) are included).

    Total over a decade: An analysis in 2015 estimated the cost to taxpayers at around $500 million every year for the prior decade, totaling roughly $5 billion over those ten years. We question that, as perhaps a falsified number, as we have observed in other USDA costs to cover-up expenditures that are obviously corrupted, and significant totals left-out.

    Broader Livestock Subsidies: EWG (Environmental Working Group) analyses of all USDA livestock subsidies across the U.S. (which includes various disaster assistance, commodity purchases, and pandemic relief payments to all livestock operators, not just those on public lands) found a total of approximately $72 billion between 1995 and 2023.

    Total Farm Subsidies: Total federal farm subsidies for all agricultural activities (including massive commodity crops like corn and soybeans) across the U.S. were $478 billion between 1995 and 2021. 

    We also find the corruption, and disinformation from the BLM’s Grazing Permit Programs to be, by far, also costly to American Taxpayers, in the $-billions.  For example the Wild Horse and Burro Program Exceeds

    WILD HORSE AND BURRO PROGRAM

    (Keep in mind, this is mostly from Grazing Permit Rancher Program – and their demands, assimilated on lies and bogus / Inaccurate Wild Horse Herds Counts – Yes, Corruption)

    The annual cost for the Wild Horse and Burro Program is over $100 million, with figures varying by year. For example, expenditures were $112.3 million in 2021 and $154.8 million in 2024. A majority of these funds are used for off-range holding and care for horses and burros not placed in private homes, with costs also covering gathers, adoptions, and fertility control. 

    2024: Approximately $154.8 million was spent, with a significant portion going to housing over 66,000 horses and burros in holding pens.

    2023: The cost was $108.5 million for holding 62,000 wild horses. 

    2021: Total expenditures were $112.273 million.
    $77.7 million (64%) was for off-range holding.
    $15.1 million (12%) went to program support and overhead
    $14.7 million (12%) was for adoptions and sales.
    $8.5 million (7%) was for gathering animals.

    2017: The program cost $82.567 million.
    $48.6 million was used for caring for horses in holding facilities.
    $7.9 million was for adoptions.
    $4.2 million was for removing horses from rangelands.

    The costs are driven largely by the need to care for the large number of animals in off-range facilities, though efforts like the Adoption Incentive Program aim to reduce long-term holding costs through private adoptions. . . 

    We actually observe the consequences of so much wasteful expenditures, and Wild Horses placed into Holding, et al., for nothing less than derived from False Information – The Welfare Ranchers hold the BLM in captivity, via a very convoluted and corrupted employee structure / Administrative Structure . . . American’s Public Lands . . . i.e. Federal Court Cases associated with these groups tell us volumes of Mia-information, within a Dis-information Format of Campaigns, advertising as well as sublimating BLM/Forestry Misinformation – as direct evidence, for several BLM / Forestry Programs.

    Currently, we find many moire attacks upon Our Natural Wildlife around or within Our Public Lands areas – For Example Wolves, Beaver, Cougar, Bear, whose domains in Wilderness basically invaded by Public Lands Ranching – or, 4% of the cattle ranching Industry in America, with domestic Sales lower than 1% yearly in beef products – and throw-away margins of Beef yearly, ”  —  John Cox, M.A. C/M