The incident started on July 15. Results through July 25:
- Scope: Adobe Town HMA
- Target: Horses
- AML: 536 (was 800)
- Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,382 according to 2025 population dataset
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Sterilize the mares with PZP (according to advocates)
- Capture goal: 1,675
- Removal goal: 1,675
- Captured: 1,036, up from 858 on Day 9
- Shipped: 791, up from 588 on Day 9
- Released: None
- Deaths: 4, no change from Day 9
- Average daily take: 94.2
- Unaccounted-for animals: 241
- 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 death rate is 0.4%.
The capture total includes 377 stallions, 433 mares and 226 foals. A mule caught on Day 7 is not included in the total.
Youngsters represented 21.8% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 46.5% were male and 53.5% were female.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The name of the contractor was not given.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
Captured animals will be taken to the off-range corrals at Cañon City, Rock Springs or Wheatland.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 12,432 AUMs per year
- Water: 10,360 gallons per day
The map shows the Rock Springs HMAs before the RMP amendments, which were halted by an appeals court ruling on July 15. Click to enlarge.
RELATED: Adobe Town Roundup, Day 9.
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