Catching up on trailcam photos.  The horses fled the area in fear of the advocates.

The incident began on October 7.  Gather stats through October 17:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 285, up from 169 on Day 8
• Average daily take: 25.9
• Capture goal: 4,400
• Removal goal: 3,500
• Returned: None
• Deaths: 4, up from 2 on Day 8
• Shipped: 214, up from 127 on Day 8

Two deaths occurred on Day 8 that were not picked up in the last report.

One horse was put down on Day 9 due to injuries related to the roundup and another was euthanized due to pre-existing conditions.  The death rate through Day 11 is 1.4%.

Foals represented 22.1% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 62.2% were male and 37.8% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

The location of gather ops was not given.  Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.

Day 11 ended with 67 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 2,165 (across five HMAs)
• Forage assigned to horses: 25,980 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 5,105
• Forage liberated to date: 3,420 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 2,850 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 191,791 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMAs by livestock: 15,982 (32% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 18,147

RELATED: Rock Springs Roundup Day 8.

Photos taken October 15.  Click on image to open in new tab.

Water system was turned off for the season.  One fitting was cracked and water was probably spraying out but someone was kind enough to snap the yard hydrant shut.

The incident, billed as an emergency, has been going on for six weeks.

The contractor uses bait to catch the horses, no activity has been reported since October 3, and the project is 67% complete, based on the removal goal of 450.

RELATED: Stone Cabin Roundup Day 33.

The incident began on September 16.  Reports covering activity through October 14 have been posted to the Modoc news page:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 468, up from 428 on Day 27
• Average daily take: 16.1
• Capture goal: 600
• Removal goal: 600
• Returned: 1, no change from Day 27
• Deaths: Unknown
• Shipped: Unknown

Foals represented 13.5% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 49.9% were males and 50.1% were female.

Body condition scores were not provided.

The death rate and number of unaccounted-for animals cannot be determined.

The low percentage of foals suggests the herd is not growing at a rate of 20% per year, a benchmark often used by land managers to predict herd sizes.

Other statistics:

• AML: 402
• Forage assigned to horses: 4,824 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 1,926
• Forage liberated to date: 5,604 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 4,670 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 15,711 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from WHT by livestock: 1,309 (2.6% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 1,711

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 27.

The incident began on October 11.  Gather stats through October 15:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 190
• Average daily take: 38.0
• Capture goal: 947
• Removal goal: 615
• Returned: None
• Deaths: 4
• Shipped: 79

Two horses were put down on Day 4 and two more on Day 5 due to pre-existing conditions, including a foal that was malnourished.

All four deaths were justified by IM 2021-007, Euthanasia of Wild Horses and Burros Related to Acts of Mercy, Health or Safety.  The death rate through Day 5 is 2.1%.

Foals represented 16.8% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

The location of gather ops was not given.  Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.

Day 5 ended with 107 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 999 (across five HMAs)
• Forage assigned to horses: 11,988 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 1,188
• Forage liberated to date: 2,280 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 1,900 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: Unknown
• Horses displaced from Complex by livestock: Unknown
• True AML: Unknown

RELATED: Owyhee Roundup Delayed.

Details in this report by Carson Now.

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The incident began on October 7.  Gather stats through October 14:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 169, up from 143 on Day 6
• Average daily take: 21.1
• Capture goal: 4,400
• Removal goal: 3,500
• Returned: None
• Deaths: None
• Shipped: 127, up from 111 on Day 6

Helicopters were grounded on Day 7 due to weather.

Foals represented 24.9% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 70.1% were male and 29.9% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Gather ops continued at Divide Basin.  Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.

The Western Watersheds map shows the grazing allotments into which the HMAs have been divided.  Click on image to open in new tab.

Not shown are the HAs that fill the spaces between the HMAs, now managed almost exclusively for livestock.  They appear on pages eight and ten of the BLM map.

Day 8 ended with 42 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 2,165 (across five HMAs)
• Forage assigned to horses: 25,980 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 5,105
• Forage liberated to date: 2,028 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 1,690 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 191,791 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMAs by livestock: 15,982 (32% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 18,147

RELATED: Rock Springs Roundup Day 6.

A story published this morning by The Colorado Sun describes life in Cañon City.

RELATED: Sand Wash Roundup Still Drawing National Attention.

The incident concluded on October 14, according to statement at the gather page, with 1,216 horses captured, 1,039 shipped, 156 returned and 21 dead.

Of the horses returned, 68 were treated with fertility control.

The removal goal of 1,050 was achieved.

Six HMAs were affected.

Wild horse roundups don’t restore thriving ecological balances.

They enforce the resource allocations of land-use plans, which usually put the interests of livestock operators far above those of the horses.

RELATED: Roundup Starts Next Week at Surprise Complex.

UPDATE: BLM news release issued October 15.

The incident began on September 28.  Gather stats through October 13:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 1,216, up from 897 on Day 11
• Average daily take: 76.0
• Capture goal: 1,220
• Removal goal: 1,050
• Returned: 95, up from 82 on Day 11
• Deaths: 20, up from 14 on Day 11
• Shipped: 960, up from 592 on Day 11

The gather page could not be accessed for three days due to a BLM IT failure.

The removal goal has been exceeded.  A remark in the Day 16 report suggests the roundup is over.

Five horses were put down on Day 13, followed by another on Day 14, due to pre-existing conditions.  The death rate is 1.6%.

On Day 12, 13 stallions were returned to the High Rock HMA, which may have been an attempt to skew the sex ratio in a way that slows population growth.

Body condition scores have not been reported.

Gather ops from Day 12 to 16 were in the Fox Hog HMA.  Six HMAs are involved in the roundup.

The numbers of stallions, mares and foals were not given for Days 1 to 8.

Foals represented 9.5% of the horses captured from Days 9 to 16.  Of the adults, 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female.

The low percentage of foals suggests the herd has not been growing at a rate of 20% per year, a benchmark often cited by land managers.

Day 16 ended with 141 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 496
• Forage assigned to horses: 5,952 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 1,300
• Forage liberated to date: 13,452 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 11,210 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: Unknown
• Horses displaced from Complex by livestock: Unknown
• True AML: Unknown

RELATED: Surprise Complex Roundup Day 11.

The incident began on September 16.  Reports covering activity through October 12 have been posted to the Modoc news page:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 428, up from 401 on Day 25
• Average daily take: 15.9
• Capture goal: 600
• Removal goal: 600
• Returned: 1, no change from Day 25
• Deaths: Unknown
• Shipped: Unknown

Foals represented 14.0% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 50.5% were males and 49.5% were female.

Body condition scores were not provided.

The death rate and number of unaccounted-for animals cannot be determined.

The low percentage of foals may indicate the herd is not growing at a rate of 20% per year, a benchmark often used by land managers.  Whether it is naturally occurring or induced by the advocates is not known.

Other statistics:

• AML: 402
• Forage assigned to horses: 4,824 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 1,926
• Forage liberated to date: 5,124 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 4,270 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 15,711 AUMs per year (estimated)
• Horses displaced from WHT by livestock: 1,309 (2.6% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 1,711

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 25.

Reports for October 11 and 12 were posted to the gather page, but helicopters were grounded due to weather.

RELATED: Owyhee Roundup Announced.

No activity has been reported at the gather page since October 4 and a reason for the delay was not given.

Operations will resume on October 15.

RELATED: Barren Valley Roundup Day 27.

The incident started on October 9, with 44 horses captured, followed by 58 on Day 2 and 16 on Day 3, according to the gather page.  No deaths were reported and all animals were shipped.

RELATED: Centennial Wild Horse Roundup Starts Tomorrow.

The infection was carried to the facility by horses removed from the Surprise Complex, according to a BLM news release.  The condition was noted in the Day 7 report.

The incident began on October 7.  Gather stats through October 12:

• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Horses captured: 143
• Average daily take: 23.8
• Capture goal: 4,400
• Removal goal: 3,500
• Returned: None
• Deaths: None
• Shipped: 111

The daily reports were not posted until yesterday.

Helicopters were grounded on Days 3 and 6 due to weather.

Foals represented 25.2% of the horses captured.  Of the adults, 69.2% were male and 30.8% were female.

Body condition scores were not reported.

Gather ops began at Divide Basin.  Five HMAs are involved in the roundup.

Day 6 ended with 32 unaccounted-for animals.

Other statistics:

• AML: 2,165 (across five HMAs)
• Forage assigned to horses: 25,980 AUMs per year
• Pre-gather population: 5,105
• Forage liberated to date: 1,716 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 1,430 gallons per day
• Forage assigned to livestock: 191,791 (estimated)
• Horses displaced from HMAs by livestock: 15,982 (32% of off-range holding)
• True AML: 18,147

RELATED: It’s Official: Rock Springs Roundup in Progress.

The incident began on October 7, with nine horses captured at the Divide Basin HMA, followed by 34 on Day 2, according to figures at the gather page.

No deaths were reported and none were shipped.

RELATED: BLM Gather Pages Reappear, No Data for Rock Springs.

Incident underway?  Goose eggs across the board.

A poll commissioned by The Cloud Foundation found that 69% of respondents opposed removing all wild horses from 1.5 million acres of public lands in southern Wyoming to accommodate the oil/gas and livestock industries, according to a report published today by Cowboy State Daily.

Over 2,000 U.S. adults participated in the survey.

How useful is that result?

Does it correspond to events occurring now?

How did they go from 69% of respondents to 69% of Americans?

The roundup will not remove all of the horses.

The impact on wild horses by oil and gas exploration and production is miniscule, almost non-existent, compared to that of public-lands ranching.

A five-acre drill pad would displace 1/200th of a wild horse at typical stocking rates.

Five wild horses would be displaced from the range for every thousand drill pads.

In the five HMAs affected by the roundup, an estimated 16,000 wild horses have been displaced from their home range by privately owned livestock.

RELATED: Management Priorities at Rock Springs HMAs.

NOTE: Western Horse Watchers has been unable to cover the Rock Springs roundup due to the BLM IT outage.  Although the site was available for a short time on October 9, no activity had been reported.  The blackout was ongoing as of 11:30 PM EDT today.