Fertility Control
Volunteer Spotlight: Nancy Kilian
Meet Nancy, an incredibly passionate, and dedicated volunteer on Nevada’s Virginia Range! Nancy sat down to tell us her story and how she got involved with protecting wild horses!
Federal spending bill includes funding to protect Virginia Range horses
Federal spending bill includes funding to protect Virginia Range horses
$500,000 appropriation will support community management and public safety programs
Volunteer Spotlight: Rob Felicetta
For this volunteer highlight, the Pinto Post interviewed Rob Felicetta, a volunteer darter and rescue technician, helping to keep the Virginia Range mustangs wild.
How did you get involved in wild horses?
Response to BLM’s Dismissal of PZP Fertility Control as a Viable Population Management Tool
(August 2, 2021) The BLM continues to say that the use of PZP fertility control in wild herds is impractical due to the need for annual booster vaccines. The agency also continues to falsely assert that delivering the vaccine to wild horses requires helicopter roundups and holding of horses, thereby dismissing other practical application methods that are already in use in federally-protected herds.
Will Darts Help Tame Wild Horse Controversy?
By John Hollenhorst, KSL TV
May 12, 2021
NEAR DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Tooele County – Every Wednesday morning in Utah’s West Desert, volunteers armed with rifles have ventured into a herd of wild horses and fire away at the mustangs.
It’s not to hurt them. It’s to give them a better shot at survival.
Interview: Collaboration on Nevada's historic Virginia Range
Documentary filmmaker, Michael
Fertility control program for wild horses a win-win partnership, says advocate
May 23, 2019
The opinion column below was written by Greg Hendricks, director of field operations for the American Wild Horse Campaign.
NAS Key Findings
The BLM has been provided a humane, feasible, cost-effective means for wild horse and burro management.
Read the comprehensive report by the National Academy of Sciences: Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward
Key findings from the National Academy of Sciences
