The incident started on July 1. Results through July 9:
- 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: 1,317, up from 1003 on Day 7
- Shipped: 1,138, up from 800 on Day 7
- Released: None
- Deaths: 10, up from 6 on Day 7
- Average daily take: 146.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: 169
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Two foals died in temporary holding on Day 9 due capture myopathy, a condition that needs explanation. Two stallions were dispatched for pre-existing, but not necessarily life-threatening, conditions.
The death rate, rising slowly but steadily since Day 1, is 0.8%.
The capture total includes 524 stallions, 550 mares and 243 foals.
Youngsters represented 18.5% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 13% per year.
Land managers often use a growth rate of 20% per year to predict herd sizes and management actions.
Of the adults, 48.8% were male and 51.2% 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: 15,804 AUMs per year
- Water: 13,170 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 7.
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