Triple B Roundup, Day 21

The incident started on November 2. Results through November 22:

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: 1,679, up from 1,431 on Day 19
Shipped: 1,459, up from 1,324 on Day 19
Released: 20, no change from Day 19
Deaths: 17, up from 15 on Day 19
Average daily take: 80.0
Unaccounted-for animals: 183
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 1,462 shipped.

A stallion was put down on Day 21 for a wry nose and a foal died during transportation.

The death rate is 1.0%.

The capture total includes 646 stallions, 652 mares and 381 foals.

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

Of the adults, 49.8% were male and 50.2% 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.

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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