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Important findings include:\n\nApplication of currently available 2-year contraceptives appears capable of reducing variable operating costs for wild horse populations by about 21% on average.\nApplication of 3-year contraceptives, when fully tested and available, may be capable of reducing variable operating costs by about 27% on average.\nCombining contraceptives with modest changes to herd sex ratio (e.g., 55-60% males) can trim existing costs by about 31%.\nAll savings are predicted to increase when contraception is applied in conjunction with the proposed removal policy that targets horses age zero to four, instead of zero to five.\nReductions in herd size result in greater predicted variation in annual operating expenses for each herd, especially below about 200 animals, but are always at least \u00b120%.\nBecause the horse program\u2019s variable operating costs only make up about one half of the total program costs (which include fixed and sunk costs), even with aggressive contraceptive management, total program costs could only be reduced by about 17%. 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