North Lander Roundup, Day 5

The incident started on July 1.  Results through July 5:

• 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: Mass sterilization with PZP (according to advocates)
• Goals: Gather 2,766, remove 2,716
• Captured: 823, up from 573 on Day 3
• Shipped: 591, up from 386 on Day 3
• Released: None
• Deaths: 3, up from 2 on Day 3
• Average daily take: 164.6
• Unaccounted-for animals: 229

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

A stallion was dispatched on Day 4 due to a fractured neck.

The death rate is 0.4%.

The capture total includes 334 stallions, 333 mares and 156 foals.

Youngsters represented 19% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 14% per year.

Land managers often use a growth rate of 20% per year to predict herd sizes and management actions.

Of the adults, 50.1% were male and 49.9% 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: 9,876 AUMs per year
• Water: 8,230 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.

RELATED: North Lander Roundup, Day 3.