Calico Roundup, Day 3

The incident began on October 1. Results through October 3:

Scope: Black Rock Range, Calico Mountains, Granite Range, Warm Springs Canyon HMAs
Purpose: Pest control, resource enforcement, rancher protection
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly*
Better way: Poison mares with ovary-killing pesticides*
Captured: 144, up from 26 on Day 1
Average daily take: 48.0
Capture goal: 761
Removal goal: 380
Returned: 31, up from zero on Day 1
Deaths: 1, up from zero on Day 1
Shipped: 63, up from zero on Day 1

The figures above are based on the daily reports, not the totals posted by the BLM.

The location of the trap site on Days 2 and 3 was not given.

A mare was euthanized for a pre-existing injury on Day 3.

The death rate is 0.7%.

The capture total includes 51 stallions, 80 mares and 13 foals.

Youngsters represented 9.0% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 38.9% were male and 61.1% were female.

Approximately 78% of the adults shipped were female, while 100% of those released were male, suggesting that the contractor is skewing the sex ratio in favor of stallions.

The HMAs and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.

*According to advocates.