Rock Springs Roundup Day 6

The incident began on October 7.  Gather stats through October 12:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 143
• Average daily take: 23.8
• Capture goal: 4,400
• Removal goal: 3,500
• Returned: None
• Deaths: None
• Shipped: 111

The daily reports were not posted until yesterday.

Helicopters were grounded on Days 3 and 6 due to weather.

Foals represented 25.2% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 69.2% were male and 30.8% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Gather ops began at Divide Basin.  Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.

Day 6 ended with 32 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 2,165 (across five HMAs)
• Forage assigned to horses: 25,980 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 5,105
• Forage liberated to date: 1,716 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 1,430 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 191,791 (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMAs by livestock: 15,982 (32% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 18,147

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