The incident started on February 5. Results through April 18:
- Scope: Lake Pleasant HMA
- Target: Burros
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait
- Goals: Gather 400, remove 400
- Captured: 353, up from 247 on Day 63
- Shipped: 331, up from 180 on Day 63
- Released: None
- Deaths: 4, no change from Day 63
- Average daily take: 4.8
- Unaccounted-for animals: 18
The figures above are based on the daily reports. The sidebar indicates 376 animals captured, including one freeze-marked horse.
The death rate is 1.1%.
The capture total includes 140 jacks, 176 jennies and 37 foals.
Youngsters represented 10.5% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 44.3% were male and 55.7% were female.
The location of the trap site was not given.
The HA and HMA are the same size. The area is subject to permitted grazing.
- Forage liberated to date: 2,118 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 1,765 gallons per day
There are no plans to treat any of the jennies with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup targets 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 63.
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