Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse and Burro Sterilization or Contraception A Letter Report (2015) / Chapter Skim
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and the National Academy of Sciences. The review process was performed under the auspices of the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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On March 6, 2014, it issued a Request for Applications (RFA) for research proposals "aimed at developing new or refining existing techniques and establishing protocols for the contraception or permanent sterilization of either male or female wild horses and/or burros in the field." 4 The RFA responds to the conclusion of a 2008 Government Accountability Office report that costs associated with continuing to remove horses from the range to long-term holding facilities would overwhelm the Wild Horse and Burro Program, a conclusion with which the National Research Council report agreed.
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To conduct the independent review, the National Research Council appointed a nine-person Committee on the Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse or Burro Sterilization or Contraception, whose membership is listed at the end of this letter. The committee members' expertise included theriogenology, 7 equine veterinary medicine, reproductive physiology, behavioral ecology, immunology, nanotechnology, pharmacology, and endocrinology.
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The committee met in person on December 16–17, 2014, to conduct the final review and approved this letter report via conference calls in January 2015. REVIEW PROCESS Each proposal was assigned three principal reviewers on the basis of disciplinary expertise.
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The committee also discussed suggestions for improving the RFA and commented on issues related to the review process. After the meeting, committee members reviewed for accuracy and completeness short summary reviews of each proposal prepared by National Research
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE Proposals for Consideration The committee recommends funding of those proposals that it rated as being of medium to high scientific merit. Recommended proposals vary in their practical applicability because some are at earlier stages of research than others.
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Seek outside scientific expertise for evaluating progress reports The committee urges BLM to make use of outside scientific advice as the funded projects progress. That advice could be in the form of a scientific review panel, but it could also be as simple as requesting a relevant expert to assess a study's progress report.
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The committee believes in the maxim that "two heads are better than one." By supporting work in this field, BLM attracts more researchers to the table and increases the likelihood of developing a practical set of cost-effective tools for safe contraception or sterilization of horses and burros. Identifying tools to address the rate of population growth of horses and burros on BLM lands requires a commitment to this type of investment.
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We hope that BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program will find our recommendations and comments useful in its effort to identify practical and effective tools to manage the rate of population growth of free-ranging horse and burro herds on BLM lands. Sincerely, David Powell, Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo Chair, Committee on the Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse or Burro Sterilization or Contraception Members, Committee on the Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse or Burro Sterilization or Contraception: Bruce Christensen, University of California, Davis Cheryl Dyer, SenesTech Larry Katz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Thomas Lenz, Zoetis Animal Health Lowell Miller, U.S.
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