Antelope Roundup Day 6

The incident began on August 2.  Gather stats through August 7:

• Horses captured: 361, up from 190 on Day 3
• Average take: 60 horses per day
• Capture goal: 2,200
• Removal goal: 2,200
• Returned: 0
• Deaths: 2, no change from Day 3
• Shipped: 211, up from 85 on Day 3

Helicopters were grounded on Day 5 due to smoke.

The death rate is 0.6%.

Foals accounted for 18.0% of the horses gathered.  Of the adults, 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

Day 6 ended with 148 unaccounted-for horses.

Other statistics:

• AML: 789 (four HMAs involved)
• Forage assigned to horses: 9,468 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 6,032 plus foals
• Forage liberated to date: 4,332 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 3,610 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 72,946 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMAs by livestock: 6,079 (12% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 6,868

RELATED: Antelope Roundup Day 3.