Owyhee Roundup Day 13

The incident began on October 11.  Gather stats through October 23:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 488, up from 449 on Day 11
• Average daily take: 37.5
• Capture goal: 947
• Removal goal: 615
• Returned: 55, no change from Day 11
• Deaths: 7, no change from Day 11
• Shipped: 294, up from 242 on Day 11

Helicopters were grounded on Day 12 due to high winds.

The death rate through Day 13 declined slightly to 1.4%.

Foals represented 18.4% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

The location of gather ops was not given.  Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.

Day 13 ended with 132 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 999 (across five HMAs)
• Forage assigned to horses: 11,988 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 1,188
• Forage liberated to date: 5,196 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 4,330 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: Unknown
• Horses displaced from Complex by livestock: Unknown
• True AML: Unknown

RELATED: Owyhee Roundup Day 11, Status of Owyhee Allotments.