The incident started on July 10. Results through July 14:
- Scope: Callaghan, South Shoshone, Bald Mountain, Hickison HMAs
- Target: Horses
- AML: 552
- Pre-gather population: Over 4,500
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Costly and inhumane (according to advocates)
- Better way: Beat the population down with PZP (according to advocates)
- Capture goal: 2,000
- Removal goal: 2,000
- Captured: 1,046, up from 542 on Day 3
- Shipped: 723, up from 325 on Day 3
- Released: None
- Deaths: 3, no change from Day 3
- Average daily take: 209.2
- Unaccounted-for animals: 320
- 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 death rate is 0.3%.
The capture total includes 446 stallions, 422 mares and 178 foals.
Youngsters represented 17.0% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The name of the contractor was not specified.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 12,552 AUMs per year
- Water: 10,460 gallons per day
The project area covers 1,145,515 acres.
RELATED: Callaghan Roundup, Day 3.
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