Fish Creek Roundup Over

The incident concluded today with 194 horses captured, 144 shipped, 50 released and no deaths, for a net removal of 144.

There were no unaccounted-for animals.

The capture and removal goals were 196 and 144, respectively.

The average daily take for the six-day event was 32.2.

The capture total included 91 stallions, 100 mares and three foals.

Youngsters represented 1.5% of the animals gathered, too small to sustain herd growth.

Of the adults, 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio in the population at large.

Mares returned to the HMA were treated with PZP.

The roundup liberated 1,728 AUMs per year, giving new hope to the Fish Creek permittees.

UPDATE: The BLM news release does not acknowledge the dearth of foals.