July Fertility Control Update
PZP Numbers
Total Treatments: 2221
Total Primers: 980
Total Boosters: 1241
Total Horses: 1134
In a perfect world…
In a perfect world, industrial and community development would not be encroaching on wild horse habitat. In a perfect world, plenty of predators would roam the range so nature could function in balance. In a perfect world...unfortunately, the world is not perfect. Development continues, often at the peril of public lands and wildlife. So what can we do? We take a look at our reality and we choose the best possible pathway. The wild horses depend on us to make the best choices to keep them on the range, in their home, and with their families. We choose PZP fertility control because it is a humane way to reduce wild horse population growth without altering their natural behaviors. It does not harm the unborn foal nor does it pass through the mares milk. PZP sets the standard for in-the-wild management of wild horses.
PZP keeps families, like this one, together by providing an alternative to roundups.
Setting Precedent
Day by day, the dedicated fertility control program volunteers hit the range, rain or shine, to make steady progress in treating the mares on the Virginia Range with humane birth control. They’re demonstrating that humane management of large wild horse populations in large habitat areas IS possible. AWHC’s program is working in the Virginia Range and it can work in other areas where humane management is needed to protect wild horse and burro herds. Our darters and documenters are creating a model that has implications well beyond the Virginia Range, and even beyond Nevada’s borders. What we’re doing right here has the potential to impact the lives of wild horses throughout the West and around the world!
