The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal and staunch opponent of principal use, reported today that 91 mares received 93 doses of PZP during the month, 13 given as primers and 80 as boosters.
Over the life of the program, which began in 2019, the advocates have pummeled 2,064 mares with 9,860 doses of the pesticide, for an average of 4.8 doses per mare.
The epicenter of the program is in and around the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, listed as USA Parkway in the page 3 chart.
Since the beginning of the year, 161 foals have been born and 54 died.
The current population is thought to be 3,501 with 299 horses listed as missing, compared to 3,515 with 302 horses listed as missing in August.
The population was 3,548 with 311 listed as missing in July and 3,521 with 302 listed as missing in June.
The Year 6 agreement with NDA has not been posted to the darting resources page.
The Year 5 summary has not been posted to the monthly reports page.
A goal for October is to maximize booster treatments so the herd will continue to shrink and to complete the training of newly certified darters.
Not discussed in the September update:
- Long-term population goal
- Number of viable mares
- Size of breeding population
- Loss of genetic diversity
- Changes in death rate and sex ratio
- Unlawful use of pesticides
The report will be submitted to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.
RELATED: Virginia Range Darting Update for August 2024.
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