The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal, said in the August update that 116 mares received 116 doses of PZP during the month, 27 given as a primer and 89 as a booster. If you can’t access the document, click here.
Over the life of the program, 1,940 mares have received 8,027 doses of the pesticide.
The report will be submitted to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.
If it was written by a stockgrower’s association, farm bureau or cattlemen’s group, there’d be few if any changes.
Of the 158 foals born this year in the primary target zone, a record low, 74 have died.
The causes of death were not discussed but predation is likely a factor.
As usual, the advocates are silent about the long-term population goal and how many horses they intend to eradicate, as well as herd demographics. What does the sex ratio look like nowadays?
There is no mention of sterility and the growing risk thereof.
The current population is thought to be 3,559, including 395 listed as missing.
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