The incident began on October 7. Gather stats through October 17:
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Horses captured: 285, up from 169 on Day 8
- Average daily take: 25.9
- Capture goal: 4,400
- Removal goal: 3,500
- Returned: None
- Deaths: 4, up from 2 on Day 8
- Shipped: 214, up from 127 on Day 8
Two deaths occurred on Day 8 that were not picked up in the last report.
One horse was put down on Day 9 due to injuries related to the roundup and another was euthanized due to pre-existing conditions. The death rate through Day 11 is 1.4%.
Foals represented 22.1% of the horses captured. Of the adults, 62.2% were male and 37.8% were female.
Body condition scores were not reported.
The location of gather ops was not given. Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.
Day 11 ended with 67 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: 3,420 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 2,850 gallons per day
- Forage assigned to livestock: 191,791 AUMs per year (estimated)
- Horses displaced from HMAs by livestock: 15,982 (32% of off-range holding)
- True AML: 18,147
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