The Park Service has proposed the removal of wild horses from Theodore Roosevelt National Park under two scenarios, Alternatives B and C.
In option B, horses would be forcibly removed to quickly reduce the herd size to zero.
Alternative C corresponds to a fully contracepted herd that dies off after some of the horses are removed.
The Park Service designated option C as the Proposed Action (preferred option).
The plan faces stiff opposition, especially from the advocates.
At the Salt River, Virginia Range and McCullough Peaks, you have fully contracepted herds, or nearly so, that are dying off, but the advocates offer no opposition.
They think it’s great!
So who’s fooling whom?
What they really want is a contract with the Park Service to carry out Alternative C.
The pesticide of choice would likely be Zonastat-H.
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