The incident started on January 26.
- Scope: Snowstorm Mountains and Little Humboldt HMAs
- Target: Horses
- Type: Emergency
- Method: Helicopter
- Better way: Beat the populations down with ovary-killing pesticides*
- Capture goal: 182
- Removal goal: 182
- Captured: 154
- Shipped: 147
- Released: None
- Deaths: 7
- Average daily take: 38.5
- Unaccounted-for animals: None
*According to advocates.
Results for Days 3 and 4 were not posted until today.
All deaths were intentional, the result of pre-existing conditions.
The death rate is 4.5%.
The capture total includes 76 stallions and 78 mares.
No foals have been caught.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The name of the contractor was not given.
The operation has liberated 1,848 AUMs per year.
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