土地管理局红沙漠直升机围捕野马结束：捕获1035匹、17匹死亡、752694英亩管理区估有2278匹、计划共移走1800匹
怀俄明州红沙漠地区，美国土地管理局本周完成了红沙漠野马直升机围捕行动，共捕获1035匹野马，17匹死亡，其中1匹因癫痫发作死亡，16匹被安乐死，包括8匹因失明而被安乐死的野马。
围捕于10月27日结束，历时近两周，覆盖斯图尔特克里克与格林芒廷两个野马管理区，是移走1800匹野马长期计划的一部分。围捕前，这片752694英亩的管理区估计约有2278匹野马。
另有52匹母马在接受节育处理后，将与同等数量的公马一同放归野外。
围捕结果引发动物保护团体对野马待遇的关注。土地管理局表示，下周起还将在犹他州锡达芒廷与斯瓦西芒廷管理区开展新的围捕行动。
红沙漠围捕是联邦政府控制西部公共土地野马数量的常规行动之一。
来源：GSM·美国
BLM Helicopter Roundup in Wyoming’s Red Desert Concludes: 1,035 Wild Horses Captured, 17 Dead, an Estimated 2,278 Horses across 752,694 Acres, 1,800 Removals Planned
Wyoming's Red Desert — The Bureau of Land Management this week completed its Red Desert wild horse helicopter roundup, capturing 1,035 horses, with 17 deaths: one horse died of a seizure and 16 were euthanized, including eight euthanized because of blindness.
The roundup ended on October 27 after nearly two weeks, covering the Stewart Creek and Green Mountain herd management areas, as part of a longer-term plan to remove 1,800 horses. Before the roundup, the 752,694-acre management complex was estimated to hold about 2,278 horses.
Another 52 mares will be treated with fertility control and released along with an equal number of stallions.
The results drew attention from animal protection groups to the treatment of wild horses. The bureau said new roundups will begin next week in Utah's Cedar Mountain and Swasey Mountain herd management areas.
The Red Desert gather is one of the federal government's regular operations to control wild horse numbers on western public lands.
Source: GSM America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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