Black Mountain Roundup Day 3

The incident began on May 2.  Gather stats through May 4:

• Target: Burros
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Captured: 124, up from 17 on Day 1
• Average daily take: 41.3
• Capture goal: 1,080
• Removal goal: 1,080
• Returned: None
• Deaths: None
• Shipped: 56, up from 17 on Day 1

The cumulative total includes 45 jacks, 58 jennies and 21 foals.

Youngsters represented 16.9% of the animals captured.  Of the adults, 43.7% were male and 56.3% were female.

The herd can’t be growing at a rate of 20% per year with a birth rate of 17% per year.

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

Day 3 ended with 68 unaccounted-for animals.

The number of burros removed to date is 124.

Other statistics:

• AML: 478
• Forage assigned to burros: 2,868 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 3,000
• Forage liberated to date: 744 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 620 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 7,333 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Burros displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: 1,222
• True AML: 1,700
• Stocking rate at new AML: 1.7 burros per thousand acres
• Burros displaced from HMA by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

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