Three Rivers Roundup, Day 46

The incident started on June 9.  Results through July 24:

• Scope: Alamo, Big Sandy, Havasu HMAs
• Target: Burros
• AML: 160 + 139 + 166 = 465
• Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,644 according to 2025 population dataset
• Type: Planned
• Method: Bait
• Capture goal: 1,100
• Removal goal: 1,000
• Captured: 979, up from 811 on Day 39
• Shipped: 963, up from 745 on Day 39
• Released: None
• Deaths: 6, up from 4 on Day 39
• Average daily take: 21.3
• Unaccounted-for animals: 10
• 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 gather page says 982 captured.

Two animals were dispatched on Day 44 for pre-existing conditions, boosting the death rate to 0.6%.

The capture total includes 471 jacks, 434 jennies and 74 foals.  The sidebar at the gather page says 476/431/75.

Youngsters represented 7.6% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not provided.

No jennies were treated with PZP since the last report, leaving the total at 78.

The July 1 schedule indicates the designated pesticide was GonaCon Equine.

The Complex is subject to permitted grazing.  Resources liberated to date:

• Forage: 5,874 AUMs per year
• Water: 4,895 gallons per day

These numbers will go down if burros are returned to the range.

RELATED: Three Rivers Roundup, Day 39.