Newsfront

June, 1988

Death in the DesertMinneapolis—Forty-eight wild mustangs died after they were used in an experiment testing horse contraceptives. No, they didn't die in the line of duty; they died of dehydration in the Nevada desert when they were unable to find their way back to their water supply and pasture. The Humane Society of Southern Nevada came down hard on the University of Minnesota researchers who conducted the experiment and threatened to sue the university. An official of the Federal Bureau of Lan...