The incident started on January 9. Results through January 15:
- Target: Burros
- Method: Helicopter
- Type: Planned
- Category: Cruel and costly*
- Goals: Gather 1,000, remove 960
- Better way: Eradicate the herd with PZP, let the ranchers have their way*
- Captured: 443, up from 284 on Day 5
- Shipped: 314, up from 199 on Day 5
- Released: None
- Deaths: None
- Average daily take: 63.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: 129
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Youngsters represented 14.0% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
- Forage liberated to date: 2,658 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 2,215 gallons per day
The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and overlapping allotments. Click on map to open in new tab.
The management plan assigns 2.5 times more forage to livestock than the burros.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
*According to advocates
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