The incident started on July 8. Results through July 10:
- Scope: Blue Wing Complex
- Target: Horses and burros
- AML: 555 horses and 90 burros
- Pre-gather population: 1,912 horses and 476 burros
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Snuff out new life with PZP (according to advocates)
- Goals
- Horses: Gather 1,373 and remove 1,333
- Burros: Gather 356 and remove 356
- Captured
- Horses: None
- Burros: 308, up from 144 on Day 1
- Shipped
- Horses: None
- Burros: 108, up from zero on Day 1
- Released
- Horses: None
- Burros: None
- Deaths
- Horses: None
- Burros: 6, up from zero on Day 1
- Average daily take
- Horses: Zero
- Burros: 102.7
- Unaccounted-for animals
- Horses: Zero
- Burros: 194
- Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
Horses
No horses have been caught.
Burros
A jenny was found dead in a trailer on Day 2 and four animals were dispatched for pre-existing conditions.
A jack was put down on Day 3 for severe arthritis, boosting the death rate to 1.9%.
The capture total includes 159 jacks, 132 jennies and 17 foals.
Youngsters represented 5.5% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female.
General
The location of the trap site was not given. Five HMAs are involved.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 1,848 AUMs per year
- Water: 1,540 gallons per day
The June 3 schedule indicates that 40 mares will be treated with a fertility control pesticide but this is not mentioned at the gather page.
There are no such plans for the burros.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Blue Wing Roundup in Progress.
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