CBD Brings Another Complaint Against Salt River Horses

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a second lawsuit against the Forest Service seeking a drastic reduction of the population according to a story dated May 28 by KPNX News of Phoenix.

A link to the complaint was not provided.

Personnel with the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group are reducing the population with PZP, a pesticide that tricks the immune system into destroying the ovaries.

Simone Neterlands with Darting Rifle 09-02-23

With few if any new foals hitting the ground, the average age of the herd is increasing, along with the death rate.

The tiny breeding population will no longer be able to keep up with attrition and the herd will implode, just like Assateague Island.

Why can’t CBD be patient and let the advocates have their way?

RELATED: Court Dismisses Salt River Legal Action.

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