Triple B Roundup, Day 13

The incident started on November 2. Results through November 14:

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: 937, up from 883 on Day 11
Shipped: 904, up from 659 on Day 11
Released: 20, up from 18 on Day 11
Deaths: 10, no change from Day 11
Average daily take: 72.1
Unaccounted-for animals: 3
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 sidebar says 907 shipped. If that figure is used, there would be no unaccounted-for animals, suggesting that operations have moved to another area.

No horses were taken on Day 13. Two stallions were released.

The death rate is 1.1%.

The capture total includes 358 stallions, 366 mares and 213 foals.

Youngsters represented 22.7% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year.

Of the adults, 49.4% were male and 50.6% 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.

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