Three Rivers Roundup, Day 52

The incident started on June 9.  Results through July 30:

  • 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: 1,093, up from 979 on Day 46
  • Shipped: 1,093, up from 963 on Day 46
  • Released: None
  • Deaths: 7, up from 6 on Day 46
  • Average daily take: 21.0
  • Unaccounted-for animals: -7
  • 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.  More animals have been processed than trapped.

There is a discrepancy in the Day 51 results.

The capture goal has been reached according to the sidebar at the gather page.

One animal was dispatched on Day 51 for pre-existing conditions.  The death rate is 0.6%.

The capture total includes 536 jacks, 470 jennies and 87 foals.  The sidebar says 541/471/88.

Youngsters represented 8.0% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not provided.

On Day 51, 22 jennies were treated with PZP, bringing the total to 100.

With 1,100 captured, 1,093 shipped and seven dead, according to the gather page, the number of animals available for release is zero.  Where are the treated jennies?

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

  • Forage: 6,558 AUMs per year
  • Water: 5,465 gallons per day

RELATED: Three Rivers Roundup, Day 46.

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