A Virginia Range mare named Saddle Shoe is 11 years old and likely won’t have any more foals, according to a story dated October 31 by the Lassen County Times.
Why?
Because mares can’t conceive after age 10? No.
Because stallions won’t breed older mares? No.
Because advocates with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses ruined her with Zonastat-H? Probably.
The writer points to the mare as a beneficiary of the darting program, now in its fifth year, not a victim.
And with five consecutive years of use, there are likely many more such mares.
The darting program proves there’s no need for mass roundups, crowded holding corrals and permanent sterilization—because the advocates are sterilizing them inconspicuously, much to the delight of the bureaucrats and ranchers.
The article was likely drafted by CAAWH staff to draw attention to themselves and their wrongheaded ideas.
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