Excerpt from Management of Wild Horses by Fertility Control: The Assateague Experience This study of a new and unique management option for Assateague's wild horses resulted from a desire on the part of the nps to find methods of population control acceptable for this popular herd of animals that elicited minimal objection from the public. In 1985, when the nps first considered the idea, there were limited data to suggest that fertility control would be successful. Nevertheless, the nps was willing to embark upon research that held the potential for controversy and failure, as well as a unique solution not yet successful with wild ungulate populations. The planned two-year project turned into ten years of research that ultimately brought together a myriad of scientists, representing the fields of reproductive physiology, endocrinology, immunology, behavior, vac cine development, and population biology. Although the research team had had 13 previous years of research in this field with other government agencies, the Assateague wild horse contraceptive study became a model for cooperation between the public, the nps and the research team. The outcome was a practical, relatively inexpensive, and publicly-acceptable humane management tool. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
