Callaghan Roundup, Day 11

The incident started on July 10. Results through July 20:

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: Drive breeding population to zero with PZP (according to advocates)
Capture goal: 2,000
Removal goal: 2,000
Captured: 1,560, up from 1,441 on Day 9
Shipped: 1,507, up from 1,297 on Day 9
Released: None
Deaths: 7, up from 6 on Day 9
Average daily take: 141.8
Unaccounted-for animals: 46
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

These figures are based on the daily reports. The sidebar says 1,563 horses captured.

A filly died of unspecified causes on Day 10.

The death rate is 0.4%.

The capture total includes 643 stallions, 637 mares and 280 foals. The sidebar says 633/631/299.

Youngsters represented 17.9% of the animals gathered, too low to support a herd growth rate of 20% per year.

Of the adults, 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female.

Body condition scores on Days 10 and 11 ranged from 2 to 5.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not provided.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range, a huge disappointment to the advocates.

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

The project area covers 1,145,515 acres.

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