The incident begins tomorrow according to the news release.
The capture and removal goals are 320 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 424.
The contractor is Cattoor and the contract amount is $213,082.
Operations will be open to public observation on a limited basis.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Litchfield off-range corrals.
There are no plans to treat the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The Complex, consisting of three HMAs, is subject to permitted grazing.
Whenever you see statements like “more wild horses on the landscape than the range can sustain,” you should be skeptical. In many cases the resources are there but your faithful public servants gave them to livestock.
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