Much of the material that previously appeared on this page, pertaining specifically to the Pryors Wild Horse Herd in Montana, has become outdated by certain operational and/or policy changes and other developments late in 2005, by a number of key groups that have been or are becoming most directly responsible for administration and management of these horses.  As a result, this website has dropped its previous, first priority and top urgency designations for this particular herd.

Information that previously had been posted very prominently on this page about the use of the infertility drug known as PZP for wild horse population control by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is being re-formatted for planned future posting as a separate issue page on this website.

The Ontelaunee Equine Ecology Center's position is in total opposition to any and all planned or future use of this drug on any wildlife, including wild horses, at any time for any purported reason.  This position includes a firm conviction that this is a dangerous drug, with still highly unpredictable and demonstrated seriously adverse and potentially fatal effects, threatening the health and long term preservation of both wildlife animals and wilderness areas and their natural ecology.  This position also supports a call for a full investigation as to whether PZP is being publicized and used deceptively in a manner which channels public donations and tax dollars into the hands of a group of individuals connected with pharmaceutical manufacturering and other activities which benefit financially from management, rather than true preservation of wild horses.