The June meeting in Reno of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board offered two opportunities to observe the poisoning of mares with fertility control pesticides, but the BLM opted to visit the Blue Wing Complex instead.
Why didn’t they choose the Virginia Range or Pine Nut Mountains, where advocates affiliated with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses are suppressing the herds for the benefit of animal agriculture, a purpose for which PZP was not registered?
Desperate for acceptance and approval, the advocates could explain their philosophy of managing the numbers to fit what’s available for the horses: As the bureaucrats shift more acreage and food to the public-lands ranchers, wild horse numbers must go down, and they have a better way.
On the other hand, Board members accompanied by plain-clothes law enforcement agents could gather information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved.
If done amicably, they might even go home with “Stay Wild” caps worn by participants and supporters of the programs.
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