The incident started on November 3. Results through November 5:
- FY: 2027
- Scope: Swasey HMA
- Target: Horses
- AML: 100
- Pre-gather population: 247
- Type: Planned
- Contractor: Cattoor
- Contract amount: $86,849 (estimated)
- Unit cost: $620
- Method: Helicopter
- Category: Cruel and costly (according to advocates)
- Better way: Sterilize mares with PZP, pray for older horses to die (per advocates)
- Capture goal: 140
- Removal goal: 140
- Captured: 64, up from 28 on Day 1
- Shipped: 64, up from 28 on Day 1
- Released: None
- Deaths: None
- Average daily take: 21.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: None
- 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 25 stallions, 28 mares and 11 foals.
Youngsters represented 17.2% of the animals gathered.
Of the adults, 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap 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 HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 768 AUMs per year
- Water: 640 gallons per day
Public lands within two miles of active trapping locations and temporary holding facilities will be closed to the public for the duration of the roundup.
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