The incident began on January 11. Gather stats through January 27:
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Captured: 1,182, up from 982 on Day 14
- Average daily take: 69,5
- Capture goal: 2,060
- Removal goal: 2,030
- Returned: 4, no change from Day 14
- Deaths: 11, no change from Day 14
- Shipped: 999, up from 917 on Day 14
Helicopters did not fly on Day 15 due to high winds.
The death rate is 0.9%.
The cumulative total includes 499 stallions, 531 mares and 152 foals.
Youngsters represented 12.9% of the horses captured, consistent with a herd growth rate of 8% per year, assuming a 5% death rate. A growth rate of 20% per year is often used by land managers to predict herd sizes.
Of the adults, 48.4% were stallions and 51.6% were mares.
Body condition scores were not reported.
The location of the trap site within the Complex was not provided.
Day 17 ended with 168 unaccounted-for animals.
The number of horses removed to date is 1,178. Mares returned to the Complex will be treated with fertility control 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: 14,136 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 11,780 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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