Sinbad Roundup Day 3

The incident began on April 30.  Gather stats through May 2:

• Target: Burros
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Captured: 123, up from 53 on Day 1
• Average daily take: 41.0
• Capture goal: 300
• Removal goal: 260
• Returned: None
• Deaths: None
• Shipped: 123, up from 53 on Day 1

The cumulative total includes 56 jacks, 58 jennies and 9 foals.

Youngsters represented 7.3% of the animals captured.  Of the adults, 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female.

The herd can’t be growing at a rate of 20% per year with a birth rate of 7% per year.

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

Day 3 ended with no unaccounted-for animals.

The number of burros removed to date is 123.

Other statistics:

• AML: 70
• Forage assigned to burros: 420 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 328
• Forage liberated to date: 738 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 615 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 5,547 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Burros displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: 922
• True AML: 992
• Stocking rate at new AML: 10 burros per thousand acres
• Burros displaced from area by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

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