The Bureau of Land Management will gather about 100 fewer horses than originally planned when its starts its annual round up tomorrow (Saturday) in the Red Desert Wild Horse Management Area Complex. The management area runs west and south of Wyoming Highway 789/287 and includes the Antelope Hills, Crooks Mountain, Green Mountain, Lost Creek and Stewart Creek management areas. It is located in Fremont, Sweetwater and Carbon Counties. The BLM plans to gather 1,140 wild horses and remove about 800, said BLM spokeswoman Sarah Beckwith. Originally management plans called for capturing 1,240 horses, but a census flight in August showed a smaller population than expected. Of the horses captured and released, the mares will receive either a booster to the fertility control shot given in 2009, or their first such shot.
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