The incident started on February 5. Results through February 14:
- Scope: Lake Pleasant HMA
- Target: Burros
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait trap
- Goals: Gather 400, remove 400
- Captured: 55, up from 29 on Day 6
- Shipped: 28, up from zero on Day 6
- Released: None
- Deaths: None
- Average daily take: 5.5
- Unaccounted-for animals: 27
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The capture total included 16 jacks, 26 jennies and 13 foals.
Youngsters represented 23.6% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 38.1% were male and 61.9% were female.
The HA and HMA are the same size. The area is subject to permitted grazing.
- Forage liberated to date: 330 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 275 gallons per day
Data quality has been good.
There are no plans to treat any of the jennies with fertility control pesticides and return them to the HMA.
The roundup will remove animals that are damaging private property and creating a public safety hazard, purposes for which PZP was not authorized.
The incident supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Lake Pleasant Roundup, Day 6.
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