Fifteenmile Roundup Ends

The incident concluded on September 18 with 356 horses captured, 235 shipped, 109 released and 12 dead.

There were no unaccounted-for animals.

The death rate was 3.4%.  All deaths were intentional.

The capture total included 131 stallions, 157 mares and 68 foals.

Of the animals released, 56% were stallions, 41% were mares and 3% were foals, an attempt to skew the sex ratio in favor of males and prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.

The average daily take was 89.

The roundup liberated 2,964 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.

RELATED: Fifteenmile Roundup Announced.

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