Jackson Mountains Roundup Day 3

The incident began on September 15.  Gather stats through September 17:

• Type: Emergency
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 98
• Average daily take: 32.7
• Capture goal: 600
• Removal goal: 600
• Returned: 0
• Deaths: 1
• Shipped: 42

One horse was put down on Day 2 due to an abscess, typically not a life-threatening condition, lifting the death rate to 1.0%.

Foals represented 23.5% of the horses gathered.  Of the adults, 26.7% were male and 73.3% were female.

Body condition scores were not provided.

Day 3 ended with 55 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 217
• Forage assigned to horses: 2,604 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 1,018
• Forage liberated to date: 1,176 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 980 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 7,394 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMA by livestock: 616 (1.2% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 833

RELATED: Jackson Mountains Emergency Roundup in Progress.