Sand Wash Roundup Day 3

The incident began on September 1.  Gather stats through September 3:

• Type: Emergency
• Horses captured: 81
• Average take: 27.0 horses per day
• Capture goal: 783
• Removal goal: 733
• Returned: 1
• Deaths: 0
• Shipped: 64

Helicopters were grounded on Day 2 due to weather.

Foals represented 16.0% of the horses gathered.  Of the adults, 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Day 3 ended with 16 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 362
• Forage assigned to horses: 4,344 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 896
• Forage liberated to date: 960 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 800 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 16,827 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMA by livestock: 1,402 (2.8% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 1,764

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