The incident started on September 4. Results through September 12:
- Scope: Sheepshead/Heath Creek HMA
- Target: Horses
- AML: 302
- Pre-gather population: 1,200
- Type: Emergency
- Contractor: Cattoor
- Contract amount: $269,383
- Unit cost: $540
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Stop the transmission of life with PZP (according to advocates)
- Capture goal: 499
- Removal goal: 499
- Captured: 251, up from 183 on Day 7
- Shipped: 206, up from 166 on Day 7
- Released: None
- Deaths: 2, no change from Day 7
- Average daily take: 27.9
- Unaccounted-for animals: 43
- 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 0.8%.
The capture total includes 90 stallions, 106 mares and 55 foals.
Youngsters represented 21.9% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
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. Removal of wild horses may not liberate any food or water for livestock due to wildfire and drought.
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