by Sherry Foote
Published - 01/14/12 - 06:55 AM
(Salt Lake City, UT) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District, Salt Lake Field Office has issued the decision for the Cedar Mountain and Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Areas (HMAs) wild horse gathers. The decision was made to remove a limited number of excess wild horses, and vaccinate mares released with fertility control from the Cedar Mountain and Onaqui HMAs near Tooele, Utah, to protect range conditions and wild horses by helping to slow the population growth of the herds.
Beginning in February 2012, the BLM plans to gather an estimated 469 wild horses from the Cedar Mountain and Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Areas for treatment of the fertility control drug Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP-22). There will be limited removal of approximately 79 horses that will be placed in the adoption program or long-term pasture facilities. An estimated 130 mares of the captured wild horses from the Cedar Mountain HMA will be treated and returned to the range with an estimated 131 Studs. Onaqui Mountain HMA will have an estimated 64 mares treated and released with an estimated 65 Studs. This will bring down and maintain the population of horses to appropriate management levels established through the Pony Express Resource Management Plan.
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Beginning in February 2012, the BLM plans to gather an estimated 469 wild horses from the Cedar Mountain and Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Areas for treatment of the fertility control drug Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP-22). There will be limited removal of approximately 79 horses that will be placed in the adoption program or long-term pasture facilities. An estimated 130 mares of the captured wild horses from the Cedar Mountain HMA will be treated and returned to the range with an estimated 131 Studs. Onaqui Mountain HMA will have an estimated 64 mares treated and released with an estimated 65 Studs. This will bring down and maintain the population of horses to appropriate management levels established through the Pony Express Resource Management Plan.
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