The gather ended on 09-19-19, according to the daily reports, with 241 excess horses removed from their home range. Two deaths were reported (0.8%) and no animals were returned to the HMA.
Most of the body condition scores were fours and fives, not exactly what you’d expect for a herd that’s overpopulated. A more plausible explanation is that they were robbing too much forage from the public-lands ranchers—on territory set aside for them.
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