The Veterans for Mustangs Act, HR 726, was reintroduced in the House on February 21 and referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
The bill directs the Department of the Interior, but not the Department of Agriculture, to prioritize the use of on-range fertility controls to manage populations of wild horses and burros.
In particular, the Secretary (of Interior) shall recruit and train of military veterans to apply said controls, including Zonastat-H, an ovary-killing pesticide.
The Pesticide Platoon would include paid graduates from the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception.
The measure does not preclude the use of other products, such as GonaCon Equine.
The bill does not alter but instead reinforces previous amendments to the WHB Act that favored livestock operators: The Secretary shall immediately take steps to remove excess animals and achieve appropriate management levels, which are small relative to the available resources.
It has gone nowhere since introduction, another stupid idea endorsed by the advocates, proving once again that they’re allies of the public-lands ranchers, not wild horses.
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