BLM Plans Challis Wild Horse Bait Trap Gather
Edited Press Release
February 22, 2017
The BLM hopes to gather 150 horses, remove 50, and treat mares returned to the range with a fertility control vaccine.
The BLM hopes to gather 150 horses, remove 50, and treat mares returned to the range with a fertility control vaccine.
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The BLM will remove 200-300 horses; 200 mares returned to the range will be treated with a fertility control vaccine.
Researchers will place GPS collars on up to 30 mares to study migration patterns and herd movements.
The BLM removed 81 horses and returned 68 to the range, including 30 mares treated with a fertility control vaccine.
The BLM will gather 140 to 160 horses, remove 80, and release 60-80 back to the range after fertility control treatment.
About 400 horses, including 100-150 mares treated with the contraceptive vaccine, will be released back to the range.
About 80 horses will be removed from the HMA while approximately 55 horses will be released back to the range.
South Dakota state’s attorneys asked that the horses be placed in the care of Fleet of Angels and Habitat for Horses.
Some gathered horses will be fitted with tracking devices and returned to the range as part of the research project.
The BLM removed 74 wild horses from in and outside the Eagle and Silver King herd management areas in eastern Nevada.
Nominees with experience in equine behavior, wild horse and burro research, and natural resource management are needed.
The operation would include gathering wild horses and conducting fertility control treatments.
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