Adobe Town Roundup, Day 13

The incident started on July 15. Results through July 27:

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: 1,276, up from 1,036 on Day 11
Shipped: 1,076, up from 791 on Day 11
Released: None
Deaths: 5, up from 4 on Day 11
Average daily take: 98.2
Unaccounted-for animals: 195
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 at the gather page says 1,278 horses captured (including a mule) and 1,078 shipped.

A stallion was dispatched on Day 13 for pre-existing conditions. The death rate is 0.4%.

The capture total includes 457 stallions, 544 mares and 275 foals, not counting the mule.

The sidebar says 459/543/276.

Youngsters represented 21.6% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 45.7% were male and 54.3% 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.

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

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.