The advocates are positioning themselves to avoid any responsibility for the destruction of the Salt River and Virginia Range herds, claiming they can apply as many doses of PZP as they want with no long-term effect on fertility.
They’ll go through the motions, applying more and more of the pesticide, although it’s really not necessary because the mares are sterile.
At that point the trend lines will go south even if the darting programs are shut off, just like the Maryland side of Assateague Island.
“We didn’t know, we thought it was harmless.”
They’re lying, of course.
The bureaucrats knew as well, that’s why they signed the agreements.
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