How much poison has Robin Silver of the Center for Biological Diversity pumped into the Salt River herd?
How many mares has he sterilized?
How much time does he spend praying for the older horses to die?
How many times has he gone on record claiming that PZP does not cause infertility?
How many times has he called the pesticide a vaccine?
How much money has he given to the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its surrogate, the Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group?
The real villains in the case are the advocates, not the biologists.
As for genetic diversity, both sides are wrong.
It’s the size of the breeding population that matters, not the size of the herd, and at the Salt River you can count it on one hand. (Refer to Section 4.4.6.3 in H-4700-1.)
In a few years, that number may be on the high side, thanks to the advocates.
RELATED: Hypocrisy of Advocates on Full Display at Salt River.
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