The incident started on April 16. Results through April 22:
- Scope: Caliente Complex
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait
- Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
- Captured: 91, up from 73 on Day 5
- Shipped: 82, up from 62 on Day 5
- Released: None
- Deaths: 3, up from 2 on Day 5
- Average daily take: 13.0
- Unaccounted-for animals: 6
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
A stallion was intentionally killed on Day 7 because of a missing eye, lifting the death rate to 3.3%.
The capture total includes 37 stallions, 42 mares and 12 foals.
Youngsters represented 13.2% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eight percent per year.
Of the adults, 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing.
- Forage liberated to date: 1,092 AUMs per year
- Water liberated to date: 910 gallons per day
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 5.
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