Fertility Control
Saving horses in the West and its connection to elephants in Africa
By Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News
January 2, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY — A successful, intense program in Nevada involving wild horses could help refine the science of fertility control in additional wild horse populations as well other species like elephants in Africa.
Spaying wild horses: Why some animal advocates decry a Utah plan
By Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News
December 12, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal effort to permanently remove 480 wild horses from western Utah also includes a plan to surgically sterilize more than a dozen mares that will be returned to the range.
The procedure, which has never been performed before on wild horses under the purview of the Bureau of Land Management, was done on mares occupying a national wildlife refuge in Nevada with success, federal officials say.
Nevada senators join push to fund wild horse contraception
By Nevada Appeal
November 27, 2020
Nevada’s U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto have joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers urging the inclusion of funding to provide contraception to control the growth of wild horse herds.
Nearly half the nation’s wild horses are in Nevada.
The lawmakers led by Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., argued the BLM’s use of mass roundups to remove horses is a failed system that has resulted in some 48,000 of the animals being held in short or long term corrals across the nation.
I-Team Examining methods to control wild horse population
By Vanessa Murphy, 8 News Now Las Vegas
April 27, 2020
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Wild horses are a symbol of the West, but many agree the population needs to be controlled for the well-being of both the animals and the land.
One program to help control the population has marked its first anniversary. Some hope it can replace a controversial method used by the federal government.
Volunteers work to reduce wild horse population
By Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current
April 16, 2020
A group of volunteers in Northern Nevada are taking refuge amidst the coronavirus pandemic in the great outdoors while providing a much needed service.
What are they doing? Darting wild horses with birth control.
AWHC Criticizes BLM's Decision to Proceed with Little Book Cliffs Roundup Despite Governor's and Lawmakers' Objections
Helicopter Roundup Undermines State's Progress Toward Humane Wild Horse Management
NV Dept. of Ag Continues Controversial Roundup of Virginia Range Horses, Threatening Years of Humane Management Efforts
Organizations call on Nevada Governor to relocate not incarcerate the horses
New Wild Horse Adoptions Report Overlooks Impact of Federal Cash Incentive Program
American Wild Horse Conservation Criticizes PERC's Analysis of BLM Adoption Incentive Initiative Program, Urges Vet Vouchers Over Cash
New study shows fertility control as viable alternative for wild horse management
Public-Private Partnership Renewed for Public Safety and Management of Free-Roaming Virginia Range Horses
.For the sixth year, American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) and the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) have signed a non-exclusive agreement to implement a humane fertility control program for the Virginia Range free-roaming horse population.
The agreement went into effect May 1, 2024.
