The incident began on October 1. Results through October 11:
- 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: Pummel mares with pesticide-laced darts*
- Captured: 377, up from 337 on Day 9
- Average daily take: 34.3
- Capture goal: 761
- Removal goal: 380
- Returned: 110, up from 31, on Day 9
- Deaths: 13, up from 12 on Day 9
- Shipped: 199, up from 175 on Day 9
The figures above are based on the daily reports, not the totals posted by the BLM.
There was no gather activity on Day 10.
The location of the trap site on Day 11 was not given.
The average body condition score on Day 11 was 3.
The contractor euthanized a mare on Day 10 due to an infection.
The death rate is 3.4%.
The capture total includes 149 stallions, 193 mares and 35 foals.
Youngsters represented 9.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a growth rate of four percent per year.
Of the adults, 43.6% were male and 56.4% were female.
The HMAs and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.
*According to advocates.
Day 11 ended with 55 unaccounted-for animals.
Mares returned to the Complex will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide. As of today, all returned animals have been stallions.
Other statistics:
- Forage liberated to date: 3,204 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 2,670 gallons per day
- Forage assigned to livestock: Undetermined
- Horses displaced from area by permitted grazing: Undetermined
- True AML: Undetermined
- Stocking rate at new AML: Undetermined
- Horses removed because of drilling and mining: Ask the advocates
Overpopulation means more horses than allowed by plan, not necessarily more horses than the land can support.
RELATED: Calico Roundup, Day 9.
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