West Douglas Roundup, Day 7

The incident started on September 1.

Eleven horses were taken on Day 6, followed by 12 on Day 5, bringing the total to 116.

The goal is 122.

A stallion with an infected abscess was put down on Day 6 and another stallion with lameness was euthanized on Day 7, boosting the total number of deaths to four and the death rate to 3.4%.

To date, 85 horses have been shipped and none have escaped, leaving 27 unaccounted-for animals.

Foals represented 18.1% of the horses captured.

Of the adults, 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female.

Operations will likely conclude this week.

RELATED: West Douglas Roundup, Day 5.

West Douglas HA with Allotments 08-28-23

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