The incident started on November 2. Results through November 10:
- 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: 723, up from 614 on Day 7
- Shipped: 615, up from 371 on Day 7
- Released: 18, up from zero on Day 7
- Deaths: 8, up from 4 on Day 7
- Average daily take: 80.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: 82
- 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 still shows 122 horses shipped but the breakdown yields 120.
Eighteen horses were released on Day 9. No details were given.
A stallion died suddenly on Day 9 after breaking his leg and a mare died suddenly after breaking her neck. Two mares were dispatched because of leg injuries, boosting the death rate to 1.1%.
The capture total includes 270 stallions, 295 mares and 158 foals.
Youngsters represented 21.9% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year.
Of the adults, 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
The name of the contractor was not provided.
Three HMAs are affected.
Up to 50 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine and returned 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 becomes the next GonaCon crime scene.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Triple B Roundup, Day 7.
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