Clan Alpine Roundup, Day 13

The incident began on November 8.  Results through November 20:

• 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: 1,062, up from 1,010 on Day 11
• Average daily take: 81.7
• Capture goal: 1,594
• Removal goal: 1,381
• Returned: 1, no change from Day 11
• Deaths: 13, no change from Day 11
• Shipped: 922, up from 802 on Day 11

Data quality has been good.

The death rate is 1.2%.

The capture total includes 430 stallions, 490 mares and 142 foals.

Youngsters represented 13.4% 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 on Days 12 and 13 ranged from 3 to 4.

The HMA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.

*According to advocates.

Day 13 ended with 126 unaccounted-for animals.

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

Approximately 96% of captured stallions have been shipped, with 78% of captured mares, suggesting that they are being held on site, possibly awaiting a second dose, which is to be given no sooner than 90 days after the primer according to the label.

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

Other statistics:

• Forage liberated to date: 12,732 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 10,610 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 11.