Triple B Roundup, Day 15

The incident started on November 2. Results through November 16:

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: 1,086, up from 937 on Day 13
Shipped: 904, no change from Day 13
Released: 20, no change from Day 13
Deaths: 11, up from 10 on Day 13
Average daily take: 72.4
Unaccounted-for animals: 151
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.

No activity was reported on Day 14.

A stallion died of a fractured neck on Day 15. The death rate is 1.0%.

The capture total includes 424 stallions, 418 mares and 244 foals.

Youngsters represented 22.5% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year.

Of the adults, 50.4% were male and 49.6% 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.

Twelve mares were treated with GonaCon Equine and released on Day 9. The number of doses is not known.

In 2017 the EPA set the interval between treatments at 90 days but the BLM wants it changed to 7 days. A search for an updated registration yielded no new results.

The plan calls for up to 50 mares to receive the pesticide and be returned to the range with up to 50 stallions.

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