Lake Pleasant Roundup Ends

The incident concluded on April 20 with 401 burros captured, 397 shipped, none released and four dead according to figures on the sidebar.

The capture and removal goals were 400 each.

A freeze-marked horse was also caught and returned to its owner.

Data quality was poor.

The capture total included 178 Jacks, 186 jennies and 37 foals.

The daily reports indicated 161 jacks, 181 jennies and 37 foals, for a total of 379, with more animals processed than captured.

The death rate was 1% according to figures in the sidebar.

Foals represented 9.2% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female.

There were no plans to treat any of the jennies with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The roundup supported three tenets of rangeland management.

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