The incident began on January 11. Gather stats through January 17:
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Animals captured: 713, up from 514 on Day 4
- Average daily take: 101.9
- Capture goal: 2,060
- Removal goal: 2,030
- Returned: 4, up from zero on Day 4
- Deaths: 9, no change from Day 4
- Shipped: 588, up from 309 on Day 4
No animals were captured on Day 5.
The death rate is 1.3%.
The cumulative total includes 296 stallions, 320 mares and 97 foals.
Youngsters represented 13.6% of the horses captured, consistent with a herd growth rate of 8% per year, assuming a 5% death rate.
Of the adults, 48.1% were stallions and 51.9% were mares.
Body condition scores were not reported.
The location of the trap site within the Complex was not provided.
Day 7 ended with 112 unaccounted-for animals.
The number of horses removed to date is 709. Mares returned to the Complex will be treated with population suppression of unspecified type.
Other statistics:
- AML: 638 (across two HMAs, one WHT and one HA)
- Forage assigned to horses: 7,656 AUMs per year
- Pre-gather population: 3,244
- Forage liberated to date: 8,508 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 7,090 gallons per day
- Forage assigned to livestock: 43,344 AUMs per year (estimated)
- Horses displaced from Complex by permitted grazing: 3,612
- True AML: 4,250
- Stocking rate at new AML: 3.5 wild horses per thousand acres
- Horses displaced from Complex by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates
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