The incident started on July 1. Results through July 19:
- Scope: North Lander Complex
- Target: Horses
- AML: 536
- Pre-gather 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: 2,462, up from 2,454 on Day 17
- Shipped: 2,424, up from 2,310 on Day 17
- Released: None
- Deaths: 14, no change from Day 17
- Average daily take: 129.6
- Unaccounted-for animals: 24
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The gather page says 2,425 horses shipped.
The trap was moved to a new location on Day 18, no horses caught.
The death rate is 0.6%.
The capture total includes 965 stallions, 1,050 mares and 447 foals.
Youngsters represented 18.2% 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, 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known. Four HMAs are involved.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 29,544 AUMs per year
- Water: 24,620 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 17.
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