Triple B Roundup, Day 19

The incident started on November 2. Results through November 20:

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: 1,431, up from 1,351 on Day 17
Shipped: 1,324, up from 1,150 on Day 17
Released: 20, no change from Day 17
Deaths: 15, up from 13 on Day 17
Average daily take: 75.3
Unaccounted-for animals: 72
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 1,327 shipped. On Day 18, 75 mares were shipped with no foals and on Day 19 no mares were shipped with 49 foals.

Two mares were dispatched on Day 19 for poor body condition. The death rate is 1.0%.

The capture total includes 555 stallions, 552 mares and 323 foals.

Youngsters represented 22.6% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year.

Of the adults, 50.1% were male and 49.9% 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 have been treated with GonaCon Equine. The plan calls for up to 50 to receive the pesticide and be returned to the range with up to 50 stallions.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

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