The incident began on October 17. Results through October 19:
- Scope: Moriah HA
- 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: 203, up from 62 on Day 1
- Average daily take: 67.7
- Capture goal: 400
- Removal goal: 400
- Returned: None
- Deaths: None
- Shipped: 103, up from zero on Day 1
The figures above are based on the daily reports, not the totals posted by the BLM.
The capture total includes 69 stallions, 89 mares and 45 foals.
Youngsters represented 22.2% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 43.7% were male and 56.3% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The HA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.
*According to advocates.
Day 3 ended with 100 unaccounted-for animals.
Other statistics:
- Horses allowed by plan (AML): None
- Forage liberated to date: 2,436 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 2,030 gallons per day
- Forage assigned to livestock: Undetermined
- Horses displaced from HA 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: Moriah Roundup in Progress.
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