The incident started on February 24. Results through February 26:
- Scope: Canyonlands HMA
- Target: Burros
- AML: 100
- Pre-gather population: 208
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Goals: Capture 100, remove 100
- Captured: 52, up from 23 on Day 1
- Shipped: 49, up from zero on Day 1
- Released: None
- Deaths: 3, up from zero on Day 1
- Average daily take: 17.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: None
- 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.
Two jacks were dispatched on Day 2 because of tumors, followed by another on Day 3 for a missing eye, lifting the death rate to 5.8%.
The capture total includes 30 jacks, 21 jennies and 1 foal.
Youngsters represented 1.9% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 58.8% were male and 41.2% were female.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The name of the contractor was not provided.
There are no plans to treat any of the jennies with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
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