Long-term contraceptive to be used in two Utah mustang gathers

The Bureau of Land Management intends to use a long-term contraceptive in planned gathers in Utah's Cedar Mountain and Onaqui Mountain herd management areas. The bureau says it also intends to remove a limited number of wild horses. It says the gather is necessary to protect range conditions and wild horses by helping to slow the population growth of the herds. Beginning in February, it plans to gather an estimated 469 wild horses from the two herd areas for treatment with the fertility control drug, Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP-22). About 79 horses will be removed and placed in the adoption program or long-term pasture facilities...more