The incident has not been announced but it’s on the schedule with a start date of September 15.
The contractor is Sampson and the contract amount is $198,732 according to a report at USA Spending.
The roundup will leave around 100 wild horses to repopulate the HMA, a necessary condition for genetic diversity.
The advocates want permanent change, to be achieved through permanent infertility, sometimes referred to as destroying the breeding population with PZP.
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.
On Day 22 a colt was found dead at temporary holding.
On Day 23, a stallion was dispatched for a neck injury that did not heal properly.
The death rate is 0.8%.
The capture total includes 331 stallions, 344 mares and 160 foals.
Youngsters represented 19.2% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 14% per year.
The agency states at its sales page that it does not sell or send any wild horses or burros to slaughter.
The FAQs indicate that the Bill of Sale includes language requiring purchasers to certify they will not knowingly, recklessly, or negligently sell or transfer a horse or burro purchased from the BLM to any individual or organization that intends to process the animal, or its remains, into commercial products, or to facilitate such processing.
Titles are not issued.
The agency does not track the animals after they are sold.
They are private property and no longer eligible for federal oversight or protection.
If an animal is found in a kill pen or otherwise demonstrated to have been sold to slaughter, the agency will assess whether the purchaser violated federal law and refer the matter to Law Enforcement.
At least in theory.
Sadly, nobody’s looking upstream in the management process and asking why the animals were removed from their lawful homes.
Nobody’s asking if there are other options for keeping them on the public lands.
Fertility control, a darling of the advocates, is a dead end, eventually leading to permanent infertility, loss of genetic diversity and herd collapse.
One thing is clear: Nothing will improve until the bureaucracies have been purged of ranchers and ranching sympathizers, top to bottom.
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 0.6%.
The capture total includes 316 stallions, 335 mares and 157 foals.
Youngsters represented 19.4% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 14% per year.
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.
Three horses were euthanized on Day 18 for preexisting conditions.
The death rate is 0.9%.
The capture total includes 268 stallions, 322 mares and 157 foals.
Youngsters represented 21.0% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 16% per year.
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 0.7%.
The capture total includes 302 stallions, 318 mares and 149 foals.
Youngsters represented 19.4% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 14% per year.
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 0.6%.
The capture total includes 241 stallions, 277 mares and 132 foals.
Youngsters represented 20.3% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 15% per year.
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 0.7%.
The capture total includes 284 stallions, 301 mares and 142 foals.
Youngsters represented 19.5% of the animals gathered, enough to support a herd growth rate of 14% per year.
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