The incident depends on results from an August census according to a report dated September 13 by the Steamboat Pilot.
It’s still on the schedule with a start date of September 25.
The capture and removal goals are 80 and 20, respectively.
Of the 60 horses to be returned to the range, 30 were to be treated with fertility control.
The pesticide of choice at Sand Wash Basin is Zonastat-H, on the same EPA list as toxic chemicals, administered outside of roundups by SWAT.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Livestock receive almost four times more forage than the horses.
Use of PZP to control wild horse populations that interfere with animal agriculture is not consistent with instructions on the label and is therefore unlawful.
Photos posted by SWAT show several examples of advocates mixing and applying the product without the proper PPE, more violations of federal law.
Western Horse Watchers Association 