The incident started on April 16. Results through May 23:
- Scope: Caliente Complex
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait
- Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
- Captured: 252, up from 224 on Day 38
- Shipped: 207, no change from Day 38
- Released: None
- Deaths: 9, up from 7 on Day 38
- Average daily take: 5.9
- Unaccounted-for animals: 36
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
A stallion was dispatched on Day 39 due to blindness.
Another stallion was dispatched on Day 42 due to injuries sustained in capture, sorting or holding, boosting the death rate to 3.6%.
The capture total includes 102 stallions, 110 mares and 40 foals.
Youngsters represented 15.9% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.
Of the adults, 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 3,024 AUMs per year
- Water: 2,520 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 38.
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