Plan to Manage Nevada’s Virginia Range Herd Finalized

Return to Freedom will manage more than 1,500 horses residing on the Virginia Range in western Nevada.
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The Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) and the wild horse advocacy group Return to Freedom (RTF) have signed an agreement whereby RTF will manage more than 1,500 horses residing on the Virginia Range in western Nevada.

The state of Nevada has jurisdiction over the Virginia Range horses which are classified as estrays, meaning they descend from domestic horses turned out on the range by owners. Because the horses reside on state, local, and private land they are not protected under the federal Wild Free-Roaming Wild Horses and Burros Act.

In 2013, Nevada agricultural authorities and RTF entered into a cooperative agreement whereby the RTF could purchase the collected horses for $100 per horse on an as-is basis.

On March 17, the NDA and RTF signed another cooperative agreement that uses an American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) grant to allow RTF to work with agricultural authorities to develop birth control, fencing, and diversionary feeding strategies to eliminate the need to remove horses from the range. Also under the so-called Virginia Range Cooperative Agreement, RTF will work with local Nevada organizations to implement the horse management programs

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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