It’s on the schedule with a start date of April 1 but that’s been moved to April 24 according to today’s news release.
The incident will be carried out with baited traps and operations will not be open to public observation.
The capture goal is 112 wild horses and 70 wild burros, and the removal goal is 92 horses and 70 burros.
Up to ten mares with be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, before being returned to the range with up to ten stallions.
The current population is thought to be 114 wild horses and 191 burros, not including this year’s foal crop.
The HMA lies within the Spring Mountain HA and covers 161,969 acres total acres west of Las Vegas, including 157,443 public acres.
The management plan allows 27 wild horses in the area along with 49 wild burros.
The HMA is not subject to permitted grazing.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Ridgecrest Off-Range Corrals.
Gather stats and daily reports posted to this page.
An emergency roundup took 237 wild horses off the range in 2019.
Western Horse Watchers Association 