RE: [RC] Gelding Stallions (was: Wild Horses) - Terry Banister
give vasectomies to the stallions
Such a wonderful idea!!! Do they know if it is do-able/practical? Because it would be a possible solution to the unfortunate wolf and mtn. lion dilemma also!
> From: katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] Gelding Stallions (was: Wild Horses) > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:21:33 -0700 > > Lisa Salas said: > > > I have suggested to the BLM, (since they are spending > > soooooo much money on rounding up these horses) > > to geld the stallions, instead of wasting money on throwing > > out of helicopters "birth control" pellets which have not > > been approved and they don't even know if they work. > > Perhaps they have not taken up this suggestion because, while the "birth > control" pellets that they throw out may not work, they know that > gelding stallions won't. They, at least, understand, that in order to > reduce the number of foals born you have to reduce the number of mares > being bred, not the number of stallions. You don't need very many > stallions to breed a bunch of mares. > > Now, if they were to spay the mares rather than gelding the stallions... > > But just gelding some of the stallions is unlikely to have much of an > effect. The fertile mares will just find the males that haven't been > gelded....and the entire males will run off their immasculated > counterparts and keep the fertile mares for themselves. > > Perhaps if they were to give vasectomies to the stallions (so these > infertile males could defend their mares and "breed" them, but not > actually produce any foals), this might help. > > kat > Orange County, Calif. > > p.s. This, btw, is also true of domestic horses. The over-population > of domestic horses is a function of the number of mares being bred, not > the number of stallions. "Irresponsible" breeding can be laid almost > entirely at the feet of mare owners. The number of stallions available > is virtually irrelevant. > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >