{"id":14801,"date":"2019-01-11T19:38:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T00:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=14801"},"modified":"2019-01-15T19:56:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T00:56:55","slug":"salt-river-wild-horses-receiving-birth-control-to-manage-herd-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=14801","title":{"rendered":"Managing SRWH Herd Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”14804″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”14805″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]MESA, AZ (3TV\/CBS5) —<\/strong>\u00a0Our Salt River wild horses are now protected. But part of protecting them, also means managing herd numbers.<\/p>\n

The group that watches over them is doing that by giving them birth control, delivered via dart.<\/p>\n

It takes patience and good aim to track and dart female wild horses.<\/p>\n

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Each dart is filled with an equine birth control that keeps the mares from getting pregnant for one year.<\/p>\n

The program, which the\u00a0Salt River Wild Horse Management<\/a>\u00a0group started in October is meant to keep the herd at a manageable level.<\/p>\n

Too many animals, and the land can\u2019t support them.<\/p>\n

Last summer, a bad drought and too many horses meant some\u00a0began to starve.<\/a>\u00a0The SRWHMG began an emergency feeding program to get them through the dry season.<\/p>\n

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“This program is so important because even though these horses live in the wild, they are fenced in by civilization on all sides and they can’t outgrow their boundaries so therefore the authorities want to see a lower population,\u201d said Simone Netherlands with the SRWHMG.<\/p>\n

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The SRWHMG operates under the Arizona Department of Agriculture, but is funded entirely by donations.<\/p>\n

So far they’ve darted nearly 70 horses. Next year they’ll do it all over again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want to do is make sure that we stabilize the population, equal the death rate with the birth rate so that the authorities are happy, the public is happy and most importantly, the horses are happy,\u201d said Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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