Sunday, September 4
Summary: Today was the first full day of the Stone Cabin Bait and Water Trap Gather. The Tonopah Field Office has been approved to gather a total of 325 horses during this operation, keep just back with us for daily updates!
Animals gathered: 15
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Monday, September 5
Summary: The gather started on September 3, 2016 and is progressing well. Weather conditions have been dry and windy with temperatures in the mid 70's.
Animals gathered: 6
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Tuesday, September 6
Summary: Keep checking this site for updates and new pictures and if you have not already told three friends about the adoption event on September 24th get on it!
Animals gathered: 57
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Wednesday, September 7
Summary: The gather is moving forward smoothly with the team getting close to the gather goal on the northern half of the Stone Cabin HMA. After the predetermined number of horses is gathered for the north side the contractor will administer fertility control and shift focus to the southern portion of Stone Cabin HMA.
Animals gathered: 24
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 2
Acute: 0
Chronic/Pre-existing: 2*
* 2 animals were gathered that had chronic/pre-existing heath issues. The first of these animals was gathered and identified as having septic arthritis (as determined by a veterinarian). The second had a genetic defect (severe club foot) that was badly affecting two feet. Both animals were euthanized.
Thursday, September 8
Summary: Gather operations are still progressing well with the total horses gathered coming in at 136.
Animals gathered: 34
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Friday, September 9
Summary: With 44 gathered the contractor is nearly ready to begin fertility control treatments (see the main gather webpage for details).
Animals gathered: 44
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Saturday, September 10
Summary: The water trapping continues and the gather team continues to select weanlings and yearlings for adoption.
Animals gathered: 12
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 2
Acute: 0
Chronic/Pre-existing: 2*
* One horse was gathered with a severe case of club foot (genetic defect) and was unable to walk. The second was gathered with a case of colic, was treated and started to show improvement before a swift decline in her condition. Both animals have been euthanized.
Sunday, September 11
Summary: Some days are just plain slow! Remember to check out the Adoption Event for the upcoming Stone Cabin Adoption event!
Animals gathered: 1
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Monday, September 12
Summary: Some days are just plain slow! Remember to check out the Adoption Event for the upcoming Stone Cabin Adoption event!
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 34
Total deaths today: 2
Acute: 0
Chronic/Pre-existing: 2*
* One animal was gathered with a pre-existing injury to the fetlock joint resulting in severe malformation of the hoof and joint. The second animal was a 10 year old stud observed on the range with severe lameness caused by a pre-existing injury to the right front knee. The decision was made to gather the animal so that it could be humanely euthanized.
Tuesday, September 13
Summary: BLM staff has enjoyed spending more time with the yearlings and weanlings that will be offered for adoption. The adoption horses will be examined by a veterinarian and be freezemarked by BLM staff on Thursday, September 15. BLM has uploaded new pictures to all three photo albums for both the adoption and gather operations.
Animals gathered: 5
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Wednesday, September 14
Summary: As the first portion of the Stone Cabin HMA wild horse gather is nearly complete the contractor has tentatively scheduled fertility control applications for Friday, September 16. Remember to check out the new photos of horses available for adoption!
Animals gathered: 6
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Thursday, September 15
Summary: The gather crew freezemarked all adoption horses!
Animals gathered: 4
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Friday, September 16
Summary: Gather operations for this portion of the Stone Cabin HMA have been completed. The team will move to the next area over the weekend. All adult mares selected to be released were first treated with fertility control. Genetic samples were taken from each adult horse released today and will be sent to a lab for testing.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 24
Total deaths today: 0
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Saturday, September 17
Summary: The second portion of this gather is underway. We are currently at 208 out of the desired 325 gathered.
Animals gathered: 5
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Sunday, September 18
Summary: The gather team spent some of the day traveling the HMA to check on the horses that had been released 9/16. We have developed an adoption catalogue featuring all 20 horses that will be available for adoption that can be viewed here.
Animals gathered: 2
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Monday, September 19
Summary: The trapping continues in the Stone Cabin HMA. The team is now up to 223 horses gathered.
Animals gathered: 8
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Tuesday, September 20
Summary: The adoption horses were moved to the Tonopah Fairgrounds on 9/19. Cooler weather has trapping slowed down a bit but the gather team is still working hard to achieve the goal of 325 gathered.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Wednesday, September 21
Summary: Gather operations are still moving slower due to cooler temperatures and competing water sources created by heavy rainfall. If you are interested in pictures of the gather, adoption horses, or just the horses on the range visit our photos page!
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Thursday, September 22
Summary: The shift in weather continues to slow gather operations. We do hope to see you at the Stone Cabin Adoption Event this Saturday, Sept 24!
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Friday, September 23
Summary: The gather operations continue while the BLM team is getting ready for the adoption event
Animals gathered: 10
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Saturday, September 24
Summary: The gather is still progress slow due to heavy rainfall. Expected to pick back up during the week of September 26.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Sunday, September 25
Summary: Another successful day out on the range with 20 animals gathered today bringing the cumulative total to 243.
Animals gathered: 20
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Monday, September 26
Summary: Although the gather has slowed down due to weather the team still has a ton of work to do in preparing for fertility control applications and the shipping of animals.
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Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Tuesday, September 27
Summary: The pace of the gather has picked some with the weather shifting back to more dry conditions.
Animals gathered: 8
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Wednesday, September 28
Summary: Additional water sources outside the trapping areas continue to slow the number of animals gathered per day. Operations are still ongoing with the goal of 325 total gathered.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Thursday, September 29
Summary: The contractor had an incredible successful day gathering 21 animals and bringing us that much closer to completing the project.
Animals gathered: 21
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Friday, September 30
Summary: As we head into the weekend the contractor is hoping that the weather will heat up and trapping will be more successful.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Saturday, October 1
Summary: We have no updates on gather operations at this time.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Sunday, October 2
Summary: Gather contractor is preparing gathered horses for shipping to the Ridgecrest facility.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Monday, October 3
Summary: The Stone Cabin Wild Horse Gather is coming to a close. The gather contractor expects to be finishing fertility control applications and shipping of animals to the Ridgecrest facility over the next two days.
Animals gathered: 0
Animals shipped: 0
Total deaths today: 0
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Tuesday, October 4
Summary: Operations for the Stone Cabin Wild Horse Gather have concluded. The gather contractor administered the final round of fertility control and shipped the animals designated for removal to the holding facility in Ridgecrest CA. If you have questions about this gather please contact Shawna Richardson at 775-635-4181.
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Total deaths today: 0
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A death labeled as "acute" is when an animal dies or is euthanized due to acute injuries or medical conditions brought about by the gather and removal process including those that occur during capture, sorting and holding at the gather site. This term will include animals that die for known or unknown reasons thought to be related to gather activities.
A death labeled as "chronic/pre-existing" is when an animal dies or is euthanized for reasons related to chronic or pre-existing conditions such as body condition, lameness, serious physical defects, etc. This term will include animals that are euthanized for conditions not brought about by the gather activity.