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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Sophie Clark

Federal government to spend $30 million to ‘fertility control’ wild horse populations out West

The US federal government is set to invest millions of dollars to help control the wild horse population in the West - (Getty)

The federal government is investing $30 million in fertility control aimed at addressing the growing population of wild horses out west.

The horses, which are largely situated in Nevada, have a population growth of 15 to 20 percent annually. However, due to drought conditions from increasingly hot summers, the landscape is unable to sustain the escalating numbers.

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