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[RC] Sterilizing Mustangs - Dyane SmithUnfortantly to successfull reduce populations via sterilzation, it is the females that need to be sterlized. Otherwise any uncastrated male from the herd or elsewhere can impregnate the mare. A number of years ago, I heard a vet speak at a Back Country Horseman Conference. It was his position that the technology was available or could be made available in the near future (this was some 7-8 years ago) to inject stallions from the air. It would not be 100% sterilization but would reduce the number of foals conceived while avoiding the need to disrupt the established bands. According to this vet, whose name I forget, the federal government did not want to spend the money to do that because there was political pressure to keep up the roundups. I don't personally know much about this, but I do know that one of the major downsides of government is that political pressure from special interests groups will almost always derail an otherwise intelligent solution. Dyane (multi-generational government and still, sometimes, proud of it) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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