Rock Springs Roundup Day 39

The incident began on October 7.  Gather stats through November 14:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 1,254, up from 1,170 on Day 34
• Average daily take: 32.2
• Capture goal: 4,400
• Removal goal: 3,500
• Returned: 1, no change from Day 34
• Deaths: 7, up from 6 on Day 34
• Shipped: 1,164, up from 1,066 on Day 34

Helicopters were grounded on Days 36 and 37 due to high winds.

One horse was put down on Day 38 due to pre-existing conditions.  No details were given.  The death rate increased slightly to 0.6%.

Foals represented 20.7% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Gather activity continued at Salt Wells Creek.  Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.

Day 39 ended with 82 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: 15,036 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 12,530 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

RELATED: Rock Springs Roundup Day 34.