Save Wild Horses from Deadly Sterilization Surgeries

Update 2020

Every Year the Bureau of Land Management tries to get this pushed though. Below info was 2018. They have proposed doing it the last two years also. This Year they are planning on doing it to another area. 

The BLM is planning painful and potentially life-threatening medical experiments on wild protected mares in The Warm Springs Herd Management Area. This is only used in rare cases in Domestic horses under hospital condidtions. 

They start the trauma by rounding them up using helicopters, by chasing them with helicopters which often results in injuries or death in itself. Once rounded up. They will then surgically sterilize the Mares using an experimental and inhumane procedure. The Mares undergo ovariectomies through a colpotomy — an invasive and risky surgery whereby the mare's ovaries are pulled out while the animal remains conscious.

This is painful and there is no aftercare so intestines can pop out of the site and infection is a huge risk. The mares who are pregnant will probley miscarry and many mares will die. They want to use mares who are in different stages of pregnancy.  They have now had the horses so long they have given birth but in now way changes the fact this is inhumane. 

This proposal is especially unconscionable considering a humane method of population control is available through the use of the proven PZP birth control, which is used with many animals and has a proven success record.

Please join me asking the BLM to not abuse the animals they are supposed to be caring for. Call your Senators and Congress people and demand they stop this.  202 224-3121 ask to be connected to your officals and leave a message..

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