The incident started on July 8. Results through July 12:
- 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: 94, up from zero on Day 3
- Burros: 360, up from 308 on Day 3
- Shipped
- Horses: None
- Burros: 303, up from 108 on Day 3
- Released
- Horses: None
- Burros: None
- Deaths
- Horses: None
- Burros: 8, up from 6 on Day 3
- Average daily take
- Horses: 18.8
- Burros: 72.0
- Unaccounted-for animals
- Horses: 94
- Burros: 49
- 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
Capture began on Day 5.
The capture total includes 39 stallions, 36 mares and 19 foals.
Youngsters represented 20.2% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 52% were male and 48% were female.
Burros
A jenny died of colic on Day 5. Location unknown.
Another jenny was found dead in a truck when it arrived at Indian Lakes.
The death rate is 2.2%.
The capture total includes 186 jacks, 152 jennies and 22 foals.
Youngsters represented 6.1% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 55% were male and 45% 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: 3,288 AUMs per year
- Water: 2,740 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, Day 3.
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