The incident started on August 13. Results through August 18:
- Scope: Sulphur HMA
- Target: Horses
- AML: 250
- Pre-gather population: 606
- True AML: 1,105
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Shoot mares with pesticide-laced darts (according to advocates)
- Goals: Gather 420, remove 360
- Captured: 258, up from 203 on Day 4
- Shipped: 212, up from 131 on Day 4
- Released: None
- Deaths: 1, no change from Day 4
- Average daily take: 43.0
- Unaccounted-for animals: 45
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The sidebar at the gather page says 213 horses shipped.
The death rate is 0.4%.
The capture total includes 87 stallions, 120 mares and 51 foals.
Youngsters represented 19.8% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 42.0% were male and 58.0% were female.
Body condition scores were not provided.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 3,096 AUMs per year
- Water: 2,580 gallons per day
The July 31 schedule indicates that 30 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine and be returned to the range with 30 stallions.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Sulphur Roundup, Day 4.
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