The incident began on July 23. Gather stats through August 2:
- Target: Horses and burros
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly
- Horses captured: 1,211, up from 945 on Day 7
- Burros captured: 38, up from 2 on Day 7
- Average daily take: 110.1 horses, 3.5 burros
- Capture goal: 1,978 horses, 339 burros
- Removal goal: 1,868 horses, 339 burros
- Horses returned: None, no change from Day 7
- Burros returned: None, no change from Day 7
- Horse deaths: 18, up from 14 on Day 7
- Burro deaths: None, no change from Day 7
- Horses shipped: 1,016, up from 694 on Day 7
- Burros shipped: 38, up from 2 on Day 7
Data quality is poor. The figures above are based on the daily reports. They may differ from the totals at the gather page.
A colt was found dead in the pens on Day 8, cause unknown. A stallion was put down after breaking his neck on panel while loading.
On Day 11, two foals were put down for injuries and wounds.
The horse death rate is 1.5%.
The horse total includes 472 stallions, 539 mares and 200 foals.
Youngsters represented 16.5% of the horses captured. Of the adults, 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female.
The herd can’t be growing at a rate of 20% per year with a birth rate of 17% per year.
A better estimate would be 12% per year, assuming a death rate of 5% per year.
Body condition scores since Day 7 ranged from 4 to 5.
The trap is in the North Twin Peaks Home Range (whatever that means).
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
Day 11 ended with 177 unaccounted-for horses and no unaccounted-for burros.
Mares treated with fertility control will be returned to the area at a later date.
Other statistics:
- AML: 758 horses and 116 burros, equivalent to 816 horses
- Forage assigned to horses and burros: 9,792 AUMs per year
- Pre-gather population: 3,316 horses and 401 burros, equivalent to 3,516 horses
- Forage liberated to date: 14,760 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 12,300 gallons per day
- Forage assigned to livestock: 27,178 AUMs per year (estimated)
- Animals displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: 2,264 horses
- True AML: 3,022 horses and 116 burros, equivalent to 3,080 horses
- Stocking rate at new AML: 4.1 horses per thousand acres
- Horses displaced from HMA by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates
RELATED: Twin Peaks Roundup, Day 7.
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