We See Challenges as Opportunities

It is estimated that between federal, state, tribal, and private landowners that there is an excess of 400,000 + horses.

Overpopulation. Free-range horses and other species lead to deterioration of the land, the potential threat of zoonotic diseases to humans, and resources necessary to sustain that species and other species sharing the land with.

Roundups Method. It is widely agreed that contraception is the best way to manage horse/burro and other feral or problem populations and keeping populations under control helps to prevent the spread of diseases to humans, domestic animals, and other species. The current brute force management of roundups or chasing horses around with single-shot dart guns has proven to be ineffective, expensive, and inhumane. It costs the BLM anywhere between $1,000 to $3,000 per horse to capture, inoculate, and ID. Then, after a time that horse must be found again and the process must happen again.

In an effort to relieve the immediate problem, the BLM has rounded up approximately 50,000 horses with no quick adopters. It is costing taxpayers $50M a year to house and feed these horses.