This photo, taken on May 2, helps you understand why the Virginia Range advocates are eager to beat the horse numbers down with ovary-killing pesticides.
The view is from the west side of the lake, looking east across the marsh to the Virginia Range.
The Jumbo Allotment is on the far side and Duck Hill borders it on the south.
The advocates want the ranchers to win but motorized removal is cruel and costly and somebody has to take care of the captured animals.
A better approach is to not have any horses at all, and mass sterilization is an effective way to achieve that.
The advocates can sterilize a mare for about $200 (six to seven doses of PZP).
The Allotment Master Report puts Duck Hill in the Improve category, does not meet one or more standards for rangeland heath, and Jumbo in Custodial, condition unknown.
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