East Pershing Roundup, Day 9

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The incident began on December 28.  Results through January 5:

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

Helicopters did not fly on Day 9.  No explanation was given.

A stallion was dispatched on Day 8 due to a previous leg injury.

The death rate is 1.1%.

The capture total includes 363 stallions, 405 mares and 70 foals.

Youngsters represented 8.4% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of three percent per year.

Of the adults, 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.

Body condition scores ranged from 2 to 4 on Day 8.

The location of the trap site was not given.

The Complex is managed primarily for animal agriculture.  The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and grazing allotments.  Click on image to open in new tab.

*According to advocates.

East Pershing Complex with Allotments 12-30-23

Day 9 ended with 26 unaccounted-for animals.

There are no plans to treat any of the captured mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

Other statistics:

  • Forage liberated to date: 10,056 AUMs per year
  • Water liberated to date: 8,380 gallons per day
  • Horses allowed by plan: 555
  • Pre-gather population: 3,375
  • Forage assigned to horses: 6,660 AUMs per year
  • Forage assigned to livestock: Not determined
  • Horses displaced from Complex by permitted grazing: Not determined
  • True AML: Not determined
  • Stocking rate at new AML: Not determined
  • Horses displaced by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

Overpopulation means more horses than allowed by plan, not necessarily more horses than the land can support.

The ability of the Complex to sustain wild horses has been limited by the bureaucrats, who have assigned most of their food to the public-lands ranchers.

Refer to these reports for an indication of the problem:

RELATED: East Pershing Roundup, Day 7.

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