The incident started on October 1. Results through October 7:
- Scope: Twin Peaks HMA
- Target: Wild horses
- AML: 758 horses (and 116 burros)
- Pre-gather population: 1,800 horses (and 140 burros)
- True AML: 2,992
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Snuff out new life with pesticide-laced darts (according to advocates)
- Capture goal: 940
- Removal goal: 870
- Captured: 621, up from 390 on Day 5
- Shipped: 578, up from 299 on Day 5
- Released: 1, no change from Day 5
- Deaths: 4, up from 3 on Day 5
- Average daily take: 88.7
- Unaccounted-for animals: 38
- 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
- Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
A mare died of a broken neck on Day 7 after running into a panel during sorting.
The death rate is 0.6%.
The sidebar still says one horse released despite the incident on Day 3 when nine fell out of a trailer and ran to the top of a hill.
The capture total includes 230 stallions, 278 mares and 113 foals.
Youngsters represented 18.2% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 13% per year.
Of the adults, 45.3% were male and 54.7% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.
Body condition scores ranged from 3 to 4 on Day 6, the only day when they were given.
Trapping moved to the southern end of the HMA on Day 6.
The number of animals removed depends on the number released. Up to 30 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine and be returned to the range with up to 42 stallions according to the FY25 schedule.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Twin Peaks Roundup, Day 5.
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