The incident ended today, according to a BLM news release. Here are the final results from the gather page:
- Horses captured: 82
- Horses shipped: 19
- Horses returned: 23
- Horses to be returned: 37
- Horses deceased: 4
The numbers don’t balance.
19 + 23 + 37 + 4 ≠ 82
More horses were processed than captured.
No foals were taken. Of the adults, 46% were male and 54% were female.
The death rate was 4.9%.
If the herd was growing at a rate fifteen to twenty percent per year, 16 to 20 foals should have been pushed into the traps. But none were. Why?
Western Horse Watchers Association 