The incident began on December 8. Results through December 10:
- Scope: Nevada WHR
- Purpose: Pest control, resource enforcement, rancher protection
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly*
- Better way: Get rid of them with ovary-killing pesticides*
- Captured: 123, up from 60 on Day 1
- Average daily take: 41.0
- Capture goal: 350
- Removal goal: 138
- Returned: 1, up from zero on Day 1
- Deaths: 2, up from 1 on Day 1
- Shipped: 58, up from zero on Day 1
The capture total on Day 1 was changed from 59 to 60.
A stallion was released (escaped?) on Day 3. No details were given.
A mare was dispatched on Day 2 due to a fractured radius (leg bone).
The death rate is 1.6%.
The capture total includes 36 stallions, 69 mares and 18 foals.
Youngsters represented 14.6% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 34.3% were male and 65.7% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The WHR is not subject to permitted grazing but surrounding lands are.
*According to advocates.
Day 3 ended with 62 unaccounted-for animals.
Up to 106 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, before being returned the range with up to 106 stallions.
Other statistics:
- Forage liberated to date: 1,464 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 1,220 gallons per day
- Horses allowed by plan: 500
- Pre-gather population: 438
- Forage assigned to horses: 6,000 AUMs per year
- Forage assigned to livestock: None
- Horses displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: None
- True AML: 500
- Stocking rate at new AML: 0.4 wild horses per thousand acres
- Horses displaced by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates
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