The report recommended that more drugs be fertility control used as an alternative, a departure from the current bureau’s to be used in a consistent, widespread approach. “It needs manner, which has not been said Dr. Guy done today,” Palmer, a veterinarian at Washington State University and the chairman of the committee that conducted the study. . . . report is a powerful validation of what wild horse “The advocates have been saying for said Suzanne Roy, years,” director of the . report delivers a strong case for an “The immediate halt to the roundup and removal of wild horses from the range, an increase in wild horse and population levels and burro implementation of in-the-wild management using available fertility control options.” BLM spokesman, Tom Gorey, said the bureau needed and wanted to do a better job managing the animals, but was well aware the program was in a because it was running out “crisis” of holding space. Mr. Gorey also pointed out that because fertility control treatments lasted only one to two years, some horse removals would have to continue. Leaving the population control to nature, he said, “would subject horses and burros to mass starvation and dehydration,” he said. think that style is something laissez-faire “We don’t the American public or Congress would . . support.”. Source: Frosch, Dan. U. S. Stewardship of Wild “Report Critisizes New York Times, 6 June 2013. Web. 26 March New York Times. Horses.” 2014. A version of this article appeared in print on June 7, 2013, on page A13 of the New York edition with the headline: Report Criticizes Federal Stewardship of Wild Horses. Dan Frosch covers the Southwest for the New York About the author: Times.
The report recommended that more fertility control drugs be used as an alternative, a departure from the bureau’s current approach. “It needs to be used in a consistent, widespread manner, which has not been done today,” said Dr. Guy Palmer, a veterinarian at Washington State University and the chairman of the committee that conducted the study. . . . “The report is a powerful validation of what wild horse advocates have been saying for years,” said Suzanne Roy, director of the . “The report delivers a strong case for an immediate halt to the roundup and removal of wild horses from the range, an increase in wild horse and burro population levels and implementation of in-the-wild management using available fertility control options.” BLM spokesman, Tom Gorey, said the bureau needed and wanted to do a better job managing the animals, but was well aware the program was in a “crisis” because it was running out of holding space. Mr. Gorey also pointed out that because fertility control treatments lasted only one to two years, some horse removals would have to continue. Leaving the population control to nature, he said, “would subject horses and burros to mass starvation and dehydration,” he said. “We don’t think that laissez-faire style is something the American public or Congress would support.”. . . Source: Frosch, Dan. “Report Critisizes U. S. Stewardship of Wild Horses.” New York Times. New York Times, 6 June 2013. Web. 26 March 2014. A version of this article appeared in print on June 7, 2013, on page A13 of the New York edition with the headline: Report Criticizes Federal Stewardship of Wild Horses. About the author: Dan Frosch covers the Southwest for the New York Times.