News|Articles|November 19, 2013

QUIZ: How much do you know about the American West's wild horse population?

A recent evaluation by a National Research Council committee sheds light on the National Wild Horses and Burros Program.

B: Correct! Garrott and Oli—authors of the Science article—suggest that if the wild horse population could be brought down to 23,000, contraceptives plus adoptions could keep numbers at a sustainable level indefinitely.

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