Triple B Roundup, Day 3

The incident started on November 2. Results through November 4:

Scope: Triple B Complex
Target: Wild horses
AML: 889
Pre-gather population: 3,335
True AML: 4,551
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
Better way: Sterilize mares with PZP (according to advocates)
Capture goal: 2,255
Removal goal: 2,155
Captured: 243, up from 81 on Day 1
Shipped: 165, up from zero on Day 1
Released: None
Deaths: 1, no change from Day 1
Average daily take: 81.0
Unaccounted-for animals: 77
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.

The Day 3 report indicates 122 horses shipped but the breakdown yields 120.

The death rate is 0.4%.

The capture total includes 83 stallions, 105 mares and 55 foals.

Youngsters represented 22.6% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 44.1% were male and 55.9% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

Three HMAs are affected.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

Up to 50 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine and released back to the range with up to 50 stallions.

The number of doses and the interval between treatments were not specified, leaving open the possibility that the Complex will become another GonaCon crime scene.

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