Triple B Roundup, Day 29

The incident started on November 2. Results through November 30:

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: 2,102, up from 1,953 on Day 27
Shipped: 1,938, up from 1,754 on Day 27
Released: 20, no change from Day 27
Deaths: 24, up from 23 on Day 27
Average daily take: 72.5
Unaccounted-for animals: 120
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 1,941 shipped. If that figure was used, there would be 117 unaccounted-for horses.

A stallion died of a ruptured aorta on Day 28.

The death rate is 1.1%.

The capture total includes 776 stallions, 834 mares and 492 foals.

Youngsters represented 23.4% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 18% per year.

Of the adults, 48.2% were male and 51.8% 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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