Clan Alpine Roundup, Day 11

The incident began on November 8.  Results through November 18:

• Scope: Clan Alpine HMA
• Purpose: Pest control, resource enforcement, rancher protection
• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Category: Cruel and costly*
• Better way: Sterilize mares with pesticide-laced darts*
• Captured: 1,010, up from 832 on Day 9
• Average daily take: 91.8
• Capture goal: 1,594
• Removal goal: 1,381
• Returned: 1, no change from Day 9
• Deaths: 13, up from 12 on Day 9
• Shipped: 802, up from 590 on Day 9

A mare was dispatched on Day 11 for a prolapsed uterus.

The death rate is 1.3%.

The capture total includes 411 stallions, 470 mares and 129 foals.

Youngsters represented 12.8% of the animals gathered, suggesting the herd is growing at a rate of 8% per year.

Of the adults, 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The HMA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.

*According to advocates.

Day 11 ended with 194 unaccounted-for animals.

To date, 81 mares have been treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide.

They will be returned the range with up to 121 stallions.

Other statistics:

• Forage liberated to date: 12,108 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 10,090 gallons per day
• Horses allowed by plan: 979
• Pre-gather population: 1,661 plus this year’s foals
• Forage assigned to horses: 11,748 AUMs per year
• Forage assigned to livestock: 6,796 AUMs per year
• Horses displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: 566
• True AML: 1,545
• Stocking rate at new AML: 5.2 wild horses per thousand public acres
• Horses displaced by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

RELATED: Clan Alpine Roundup, Day 9.