“A wild horse is just gonna do what a wild horse does,” according to herd manager and PZP darter Meg Puckett, “and it’s not really up to us to decide whether or not that’s good behavior or bad behavior.”
Not so fast, dear.
Like most advocates, you determined that procreation is a bad behavior and you tried to stop it.
Worse, the herd was designated as Critical/Nearly Extinct by the Equus Survival Trust as you pummeled the mares with ovary-killing pesticides.
Two years ago, the herd was at 106. Today, it’s at 110, a 2% annual growth rate.
How many in the wild are female? How many are still viable? What’s the size of the breeding population?
The greatest threat to these animals is the advocates, not tourists, not climate change and not apples.
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