Desatoya Roundup Day 3

The incident began on January 16.  Gather stats through January 18:

• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Captured: 93, up from 24 on Day 1
• Average daily take: 31.0
• Capture goal: 233
• Removal goal: 150
• Returned: None
• Deaths: 1, none reported on Day 1
• Shipped: 9, none reported on Day 1

A mare was euthanized on Day 3.  The death rate is 1.1%.

The cumulative total includes 42 stallions, 38 mares and 13 foals.

Youngsters represented 14.0% of the horses captured, consistent with a herd growth rate of 9% per year, assuming a 5% death rate.

Of the adults, 52.5% were stallions and 47.5% were mares.

Body condition scores were not reported.

The location of the trap site within the HMA was not provided.

Day 3 ended with 83 unaccounted-for animals.

The nine privately owned horses returned to their owner on Day 3 were placed into the Shipped category.

Other statistics:

• AML: 180
• Forage assigned to horses: 2,160 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 277
• Forage liberated to date: 1,116 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 930 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 9,608 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: 801
• True AML: 981
• Stocking rate at new AML: 6.1 wild horses per thousand acres
• Horses displaced from HMA by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

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