East Pershing Roundup, Day 21

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The incident began on December 28.  Results through January 17:

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

A stallion was dispatched on Day 21 for club feet.

The death rate is 1.0%.

The capture total includes 601 stallions, 630 mares and 157 foals.  The sidebar at the gather page says 624 mares captured.

Youngsters represented 11.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of six percent per year.

Of the adults, 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female, no evidence of an abnormal sex ratio.

The location of the trap site was not given.

Body condition scores ranged from 3 to 5 on Days 20 and 21.

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 21 ended with 98 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: 16,620 AUMs per year
  • Water liberated to date: 13,850 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 19.

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