James Moran said "I believe that contraceptives could potentially be effective and also would be a more humane approach to managing wild horses than the current strategy that relies primarily on rounding up wild horses and placing them in pastures where they must be fed for years until they die of old age at a cost of over $20 million a year. It is also my understanding that the BLM signed a memorandum of understanding in October of 2006 outlining a large scale pilot program that will expand the pilot wild horse management effort. I would like to thank you for working with me to see that the Wild Horse and Burro Management Program does not get such a large budget cut as was proposed by the administration. It is my understanding that BLM will be able to move forward with that pilot program under this act; is that correct, Mr. Chairman?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 26, 2007

I believe that contraceptives could potentially be effective and also would be a more humane approach to managing wild horses than the current strategy that relies primarily on rounding up wild horses and placing them in pastures where they must be fed for years until they die of old age at a cost of over $20 million a year. It is also my understanding that the BLM signed a memorandum of understanding in October of 2006 outlining a large scale pilot program that will expand the pilot wild horse management effort. I would like to thank you for working with me to see that the Wild Horse and Burro Management Program does not get such a large budget cut as was proposed by the administration. It is my understanding that BLM will be able to move forward with that pilot program under this act; is that correct, Mr. Chairman?

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James Moran

Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the management of wild horses and budget considerations for the Wild Horse and Burro Management Program.

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