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FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Wild horse protection advocates already upset about the federal roundup of hundreds of mustangs in Nevada say the Bureau of Land Management is mistreating the animals once they are put in tem- porary holding pens. The activists say the BLM has refused their requests to put up wind- breaks and shelters for more than 1,000 wild horses being held in Fal- lon, 60 miles east of Reno. ''This is another exam- ple of the dismissive atti- tude the BLM takes toward the wild horses,'' said Elyse Garner of the Cloud Foundation, who has been monitoring the agency's winter roundups of up to 2,500 wild horses in the Calico Mountains and Black Rock Desert 100 miles north of Reno. ''They are choosing expediency over being humane,'' she said. BLM officials say the horses are fully capable of withstanding the elements while awaiting transfer to adoption centers or per- manent pastures. Garner agreed the horses ''know how to fend for themselves'' on the range. ''But being chased by a helicopter, penned up and transported miles to these corrals is a shock to their systems. They are hardy animals, but when they are penned up, they need a windbreak,'' she said. She said the agency's own rules require people who adopt horses from the BLM to have three-sided shelters in their corrals. ''So what's good for one horse isn't good for 1,000 horses?'' she asked. ''Where's the logic?'' The Fallon facility, run by a private contractor, is new and has several large corrals. Some of the cor- rals include hills where horses gather on the lee- ward side when the wind picks up. Dean Bolstad, deputy division chief for the BLM's National Wild Horse and Burro Pro- gram, said the Fallon cor- rals are temporary pens where the horses are held for weeks or months before being sent out to adoption centers or more permanent corrals or pas- tures elsewhere. He said the national standards are for the nation but might not be needed in some areas. Managers have built windbreaks in 12 of the smaller holding/sorting pens used for sick or lame animals, but not around the main pens. He said Fallon is not prone to winter rains fol- lowed by freezing winds, which take their toll on horses' health, adding horses tend to chew up plywood and tarps, and support poles can be haz- ardous if animals crash into them. ''These horses have the ability to deal with the elements,'' Bolstad said. ''Their coats are very heavy in preparation for the winter. In eight years, horses in the previous facility in Fallon had no climate-related health problems.'' Tuesday, January 26, 2010 – Daily News – 3B NOW OPEN!! M-F 8am-6pm Rosser's Bakery & Specialty Foods Baking Fresh Bread Daily 440 Antelope Blvd. #38 Left side of Antelope Holiday Mkt 529-1687 Milling Wheat into Flour Made with Organic & Local Ingredients 529-4111 DRE # 01174300 Now is the time to take advantage of THE FEDERAL HOUSING TAX CREDITS! 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The helicopter and swift water rescue crew members that saved the dog on Friday have been hailed as heroes, feted on televi- sion and radio and congratulated on the Web and in print. But they have also been vilified by a few in blogs, on social networks and story comment sections. ''You're not going to please everybody. There's always 10 percent, they either don't like ani- mals or think we are wasting tax- payer money,'' Capt. Steve Ruda said. The dog, nicknamed Vernon after the city where he was res- cued, remained in quarantine at the Southeast Area Animal Con- trol Authority shelter in Downey, just south of Los Angeles. Joe St. Georges, 50, the 25- year firefighting veteran who hoisted Vernon to safety, lost a fingernail and fractured a thumb when the dog bit him during the rescue. St. Georges just needs time to heal and he will be back at work, Ruda said. ''He's anxious to get back to work to be with his crew.'' The dog, which appears to be about 4 years old and weighs about 65 pounds, was eating everything given to him, sleeping well and showing no signs of rabies, said Capt. Aaron Reyes, director of operations for the SAACA shelter. If no owner shows up, ''we do have a mile-long list of people who want him,'' Reyes said. On several Internet sites with comments about the rescue, the only people who left their names were those who supported the effort. There were a couple of open critics, but their identities were not easy to decipher. Friday's rescue was televised nationally by the major cable channels. About an eighth of a mile downstream from the rescue site, the water was much deeper and the current much faster, Reyes said. The dog would have drifted on down and died. Do you just wait at the mouth of the river and wait for the carcass? Any way you slice it, that is unacceptable. They would not have been able to live that down,'' Reyes said. ''They made a decision and we support that decision.'' Firefighters on the ground said a crew could get the dog and the helicopter pilot, who had been standing by just 45 seconds away from the river, reported he could clear high tension lines in the area, Ruda said. Swift water teams were on standby because of weeklong storms that had dumped as much as 8 inches of rain on some parts of Los Angeles County, Ruda said. Although as many as 50 fire- fighters were at the river, no fire- fighters were called in on over- time to take part in the rescue. ''All life is important,'' Ruda said. To prove his point, he point- ed out that firefighters carry oxy- gen masks for cats and dogs that become victims of fire. In addition, he said, 900 peo- ple die every year across the country in water accidents and one-third of them are rescuers. If St. Georges and his crew had failed to get the dog, ''civilians, do-gooders and good Samari- tans'' would have been in the river, Ruda said. The dog is thoroughly enjoy- ing all the attention, Reyes said. ''He's a big lover'' and caters to women at the shelter. MCT photo Bulldozers work to restore height to a sand berm eroded by high surf in Seal Beach. The berm protects nearby homes from flooding which recently struck Southern California.