Calico Roundup, Day 13

The incident began on October 1. Results through October 13:

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: 448, up from 377 on Day 11
Average daily take: 34.5
Capture goal: 761
Removal goal: 380
Returned: 110, no change from Day 11
Deaths: 14, up from 13 on Day 11
Shipped: 259, up from 199 on Day 11

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

The location of the trap site on Days 12 and 13 was not given.

Body condition scores ranged from 3 to 4 on both days.

The contractor euthanized a stallion on Day 13 due to low BCS and lameness.

The death rate is 3.1%.

The capture total includes 168 stallions, 235 mares and 45 foals.

Youngsters represented 10.0% of the animals gathered, consistent with a growth rate of five percent per year.

Of the adults, 41.7% were male and 58.3% were female, suggesting the herd has an abnormal sex ratio.

The HMAs and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.

*According to advocates.

Day 13 ended with 65 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.

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