Due to increased horse activity on U.S 50 and Alternate U.S. 395, Nevada Department of Agriculture and NDOT are urging drivers to use extreme caution when driving in the Virginia Range area. Doug Farris, NDA’s Animal Industry division administrator, says the increasing feral horse population, combined with urban sprawl, presents a clear public safety risk. According to NDOT, there were a total of 149 horse-related crashes between 2015 and 2017.

N-dots Meg Ragonese says 25 crashes resulted in human injury, and two in death. To help reduce vehicle-animal collisions, NDOT has installed wildlife/livestock fencing on many sections of U.S. 50, Alternates U.S. 95 and 395, USA Parkway and other area highways.