Nobody talks about wild horse removal more than the advocates.
Their preferred method is to snuff out new life with ovary-killing pesticides and let the herds die off.
The point of no return can be reached in about five years, when most of the mares become “self boosting.” (Refer to the decoder for the meaning of this term.)
Curiously, they market the product as a safe, reversible vaccine, none of which is true.
If you think about what happens to the mares, you’ll realize that the sperm-blocking theory can’t be true.
Then you’ll understand why the Assateague herd has not grown seven years after the darting program was shut off, and what’s in store for other herds subject to the Montana Solution.
For a review of the literature and the adverse effects of PZP, go to page 30 in this report by ISPMB.
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