Maverick-Medicine Roundup Ends with 9% Overreach

The incident concluded today with 109 horses captured, 106 shipped, none released and three dead.

There were no unaccounted-for animals.

The capture and removal goals were 100 each.

The death rate was 2.8%.

The average daily take was 21.8.

The capture total included 50 stallions, 40 mares and 19 foals.

Youngsters represented 17.4% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

There were no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range, a huge disappointment to the advocates.

The roundup liberated 1,308 AUMs per year, giving new hope to the permittees.

RELATED: Maverick-Medicine Emergency Roundup Announced.

UPDATE: The September 3 news release did not indicate if other animals, including privately owned livestock, were suffering from lack of water.

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