The incident started on August 24. Results through August 26:
- Scope: Confusion HMA
- Target: Horses
- AML: 115
- Pre-gather population: Not given, probably over 400
- Type: Planned
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Costly and inhumane (according to advocates)
- Better way: Beat the numbers down with PZP (according to advocates)
- Capture goal: 360
- Removal goal: 360
- Captured: 125, up from 35 on Day 1
- Shipped: 47, up from zero on Day 1
- Released: None
- Deaths: None
- Average daily take: 41.7
- Unaccounted-for animals: 78
- 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 capture total includes 54 stallions, 53 mares and 18 foals.
Youngsters represented 14.4% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
The contractor is Sampson and the contract amount is $235,536 according to a report at USA Spending.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 1,500 AUMs per year
- Water: 1,250 gallons per day
The project area may be larger than the HMA.
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