Antelope Roundup South Over

The incident concluded today with 1,107 horses captured, 1,095 shipped, two escaped and ten dead.

There were no unaccounted-for animals.

The death rate was 0.9%.

The capture total included 368 stallions, 507 mares and 232 foals.

Youngsters represented 21% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 42% were male and 58% were female.

Two HMAs were affected.

The BLM news release said removal of excess horses protects habitat for other wildlife such as sage grouse, pronghorn antelope and mule deer, but the top priority is to protect the gravy train known as public-lands ranching.

RELATED: Antelope Roundups Announced.

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