The incident started on August 2. Results through August 18:
- Scope: Piceance-East Douglas HMA, West Douglas HA
- Target: Horses
- AML: 235
- Pre-gather population: 1,145
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Stop genetic mixing with PZP (according to advocates)
- Capture goal: 1,025
- Removal goal: 1,011
- Captured: 727, up from 680 o on Day 15
- Shipped: 671, up from 586 on Day 15
- Released: None
- Deaths: 5, no change from Day 15
- Average daily take: 42.8
- Unaccounted-for animals: 51
- 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 0.7%.
The capture total includes 284 stallions, 301 mares and 142 foals.
Youngsters represented 19.5% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 14% per year.
Of the adults, 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.
Body condition scores on Days 16 and 17 ranged from 3 to 4.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
The contractor is CD Warner and the contract amount is $679,249 according to a report at USA Spending.
The area is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 8,724 AUMs per year
- Water: 7,270 gallons per day
The West Douglas HA is unfit for wild horses, supposedly, and has no AML.
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