The incident started on October 17. Results through October 19:
- FY: 2027
- Scope: Dogskin Mountains, Flanigan, Granite Peak HMAs
- Target: Horses
- AML: 157
- Pre-gather population: 424
- Type: Planned
- Contractor: Cattoor
- Contract amount: $213,082
- Unit cost: $666
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Beat the numbers down permanently with PZP (according to advocates)
- Capture goal: 320
- Removal goal: 320
- Captured: 87, up from 32 on Day 1
- Shipped: 47, up from zero on Day 1
- Released: None
- Deaths: 1, up from zero on Day 1
- Average daily take: 29.0
- Unaccounted-for animals: 39
- 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.
A stallion was dispatched for a broken leg on Day 3 after transfer to a holding corral.
The death rate is 1.1%.
The capture total includes 25 stallions, 39 mares and 23 foals.
Youngsters represented 26.4% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 39.1% were male and 60.9% were female.
Body condition scores ranged from 3 to 4 on Days 2 and 3.
The location of the trap site was not disclosed.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 1,044 AUMs per year
- Water: 870 gallons per day
Public lands within five miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding pens are closed to the public, with the exception of observers escorted by BLM staff.
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