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Wanna shoot a Feral horse (for science)? Come to Utah...
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:30 am
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:30 am
Oh, it's with an air gun and birth control darts. The horses have over populated themselves. This is one way they control the population size.
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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.
"Because I love the horses," said Jessica Franzen explaining her role in what amounts to a long-running science experiment. It's aimed at resolving a decades-old controversy over the future of the picturesque mustangs. "I do love helping out," she said. "There's a huge need."
The volunteers tried to maneuver themselves close enough to get a clean shot at the hindquarters of a wild mare. Instead of using gunpowder and bullets, their rifles used CO2 to fire a dart that packs a chemical punch. Each dart delivered a shot of PZP which makes a mare sterile, temporarily. One booster shot each year keeps her that way.
This post was edited on 5/13/21 at 11:58 am
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Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:37 am to Lonnie Utah
When are we going to start doing this with humans?
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:41 am to Lonnie Utah
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Wanna shoot a feral horse (for science)? Come to Utah...
Fixed it for you.
This post was edited on 5/13/21 at 11:41 am
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:48 am to Lonnie Utah
This worked horribly for NY and its deer, big market for horse meat in other parts of the world.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 12:36 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Feral
=Kill it.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 1:13 pm to Lonnie Utah
.243?
Posted on 5/13/21 at 1:16 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Lonnie Utah
Citadel Fan
Utah!
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Come to Utah...
Username checks out.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 1:28 pm to Lonnie Utah
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The horses have over populated themselves.
That's what happens, when you're hung like a horse.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 1:44 pm to Lonnie Utah
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This is one way they control the population size.
Uh - you could license folks to wrangle their own horse - limit the number of to be taken, limit it to mares/fillies and - voilà - fewer horses in the environment now, and fewer foals next year and the following year. Then re-evaluate.
This sounds like some graduate school, "good idea" fairy crap. Capitalism can help a situation like this tremendously.
This post was edited on 5/13/21 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 5/13/21 at 9:35 pm to Lonnie Utah
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, it's with an air gun and birth control darts
Can I have a large supply of those darts? I don't want to shoot horses, just a bunch of people that need it.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:08 am to Lonnie Utah
if you want to shoot feral horses just go to the Ft. Polk area
several herds around there and I have seen several dead horses in the woods, most likely from someone shooting them (as they were near deer stands)
several herds around there and I have seen several dead horses in the woods, most likely from someone shooting them (as they were near deer stands)
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