Bullfrog Trapping Ends

The incident concluded on April 11 with 513 burros captured, 507 shipped, none released and four dead.

There were two unaccounted-for animals.

513 – 507 – 0 – 4 = 2

The death rate was 0.8%.

Three of the deaths were intentional, including an orphaned foal that refused handfeeding.

The capture total included 252 jacks, 233 jennies and 28 foals.

Youngsters represented 5.5% of the animals gathered.

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

There were no plans to treat any of the jennies with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The operation liberated 3,078 AUMs per year.

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