BLM Seeks Input on Wild Horse Fertility Control Proposal
Edited Press Release
January 26, 2015
The BLM is seeking comment on the continued use of fertility control on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range.
Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
The BLM is seeking comment on the continued use of fertility control on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range.
Discussion topics will include expanded lab capabilities, emerging integrity threats, combating doping, and more.
Reducing the prevalence of catastrophic equine injuries and sudden deaths could help improve jockey safety.
Of those horses, 80% were successfully retrained and adopted while the remaining 20% are being rehabilitated or trained.
Equine sessions will cover a range of issues from the Kentucky horse industry to court cases on industry regulation.
The tour will take place Jan. 23 before the scheduled wild horse gather begins.
The KHRC said it found PETA’s failure to cooperate odd, as the latter group brought the horse mistreatment allegations.
The additional protocols come in the wake of a recent rash of catastrophic breakdowns at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Steve Asmussen’s horses have not suffered a single catastrophic breakdown in 721 Kentucky starts the past four seasons.
Eight allegedly malnourished horses from four locations within a single neighborhood are receiving rehabilitative care.
Fourteen horses used to pull vendor wagons are receiving care after authorities removed them from their stables.
A herd of 41 allegedly maltreated horses from Nevada County, California, is receiving rehabilitative care.
Sixteen catastrophic breakdowns occurred in 2014, the lowest number since the state began tracking such statistics.
The KHRC investigation found no evidence of rule violations by Eclipse Award winner Steve Asmussen.
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