Currituck Outer Banks to Become Like Assateague Island?

The Currituck County Wild Horse Advisory Board met on February 15.

Minutes have not been posted.

The agenda includes minutes from the November 16 meeting and a report by herd manager Meg Puckett.

The minutes indicate that healthy mares were not darted in 2023 due to significant losses over the last several years.

A previous report indicated that mares were not darted in 2022.

The report by Puckett indicates that healthy mares are not being darted in 2024 “Due to significant loss over the last several years, an aging population, and questions about the long-term effects of PZP on the mares’ reproductive systems,” suggesting that “significant loss” refers to genetic diversity and the number of viable mares.

Exactly what you’d expect from an ovary-killing pesticide, not a safe, proven and reversible vaccine.

Curiously, protocols are in place to send the uterus (not the ovaries) of any deceased mares who were darted with PZP to the researchers and veterinarians at the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception.

They also have procedures for introducing horses from other areas, the final attachment to the agenda, a tactic used by the BLM to boost genetic diversity while keeping herd sizes small.

In this case it would be used in desperation to keep the herd from imploding, a consequence of the Montana Solution and its false promises.