North Lander Roundup, Day 3

The incident started on July 1.  Results through July 3:

• Scope: North Lander Complex
• Target: Horses
• AML: 536
• Current population: 3,035
• True AML: 4,616
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
• Better way: Sterilize mares with PZP (according to advocates)
• Goals: Gather 2,766, remove 2,716
• Captured: 573, up from 383 on Day 1
• Shipped: 386, up from zero on Day 1
• Released: None
• Deaths: 2, up from zero on Day 1
• Average daily take: 191.0
• Unaccounted-for animals: 185

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

A mare was dispatched on Day 2 due to a fractured head and a foal was put down because of malformed vertebrae in the neck.

The death rate is 0.3%.

The capture total includes 227 stallions, 240 mares and 106 foals.

Youngsters represented 18.5% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 48.6% were male and 51.4% 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: 6,876 AUMs per year
• Water: 5,730 gallons per day

The June 3 schedule indicates that 20 mares will be treated with fertility control pesticides and returned to the range but this is not discussed at the gather page.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

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