Wild Horses: Their Last Days of Freedom in Adobe Town
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November 19, 2010Wild Horses: The Destruction of the Largest Herd in Wyoming
Helicopter Flies low over a family band in Adobe Town
For the last two weeks, the BLM has been rounding up the horses in the Adobe Town Herd in southwestern Wyoming using helicopters. The vast majority of the horses in this half million acre herd area have been removed from their homes, their families and their freedom. 851 wild horses were shipped to the BLM holding facility in Canon City, Colorado – but more important than the sheer numbers of horses is the stories of these horses I witnessed as they were losing their freedom. These horses are individuals, and deserve to be remembered.
A large group of horses running toward the trap
I met the public observation team complete with 4 BLM rangers at 6 am on the first day of the roundup. I was escorted out to the trap site through the area I had been photographing wild horses in for the last 3 months. When we arrived at an oil pad, we were told to park and I looked for the trap. I could not see the Willow Creek trap, as it was over a mile away and the entrance was hidden around a curve. When we asked if we could move closer we were told it was for our safety and the safety of the horses that we were placed here. This became a familiar refrain over the next two weeks every time we asked why we could not do just about anything.
The first day running toward the trap
Although we could not see the horses entering the trap, the site did allow us a good 360 degree view of the helicopter working the horses on the way to the trap. The first thing that I noticed was how varied in color all the horses were. I knew there were lots of greys in this area, but I witnessed a river of colors flowing across the landscape. Red roans, sorrels, bays, blacks, palominos, buckskins, and even some vividly colored pintos filled out the desert pallet, and I found myself captivated by the beauty and variety of the horses. They were healthy, strong and some were even fat – they were NOT in need of rescue because of poor condition.
The Red Roan Stallion's Family
One of the first groups brought in consisted of at least 6 different family bands. I was touched by a beautiful red roan stallion who was defiant in the face of the helicopter driving his family. He had two mares who each had a foal, and it was his palomino pinto mare who drew my attention. She and her red roan colt were having difficulty keeping up, and they lagged behind. The stallion kept stopping to wait for them, and at one point when they were out of sight he stopped and called to them. Both mare and colt were dripping with sweat despite the cool temperature, and I wondered how far they had been drive. Finally the helicopter had to drive them at a walk toward the trap, and their stallion waited despite ending up nearly directly underneath the helicopter several times. Soon he would be separated from them forever, as he entered the trap.
Red Roan Stallion looks back, waiting for his family
Red Roan stallion calling to his palomino mare and foal who are lagging behind
Later in the morning, as a group of about 20 horses headed for the trap, a group of eight horse headed directly up a very steep cliff on a rock formation. They scrambled to keep their footing at the top, and I held my breath hoping they would not fall. A chestnut stallion did fall, and then caught himself, and stood legs splayed out not moving, clearly terrified. The horses at the top of the hill stood still until the helicopter was directly over their heads. They ran along the top of the formation until finally they ran over the hill, and the chestnut stallion pulled up the rear.
Helicopter hovers over one horse, another lower down frozen in fear
Horses on top of the cliff
At the end of each day we had the opportunity to tour the horses in the pens, and to ask questions about the day’s operations. Seeing these beautiful horses through the mesh on the fences, some stallions scrapping, others standing listless, was one of the most awful sites I had seen. Where were the proud beings who recklessly ran away from the helicopter, heads held high? Something essential was lost as they were held in the pens, separated from their families.
Faces of the horses in the pens
Stallions in the pens
Early the next morning, as a large group was headed toward the trap, suddenly a black mare wheeled away from the entrance, and her black foal followed. After a bit of hesitation, her chestnut stallion darted out and followed her. I had never seen a mare run out of a trap at the last minute before – it is usually a stallion that will bolt, but she probably was remembering the trap from a previous roundup. The helicopter kept up the relentless chase until finally she and her foal and stallion were driven into the trap.
Black mare and foal finally driven into the trap
I was invited to come up top nearer the trap in the afternoon – I was placed way back behind everything and could see the horses just as they ran into the trap, but now could not see the helicopter working the horses. At one point we heard the helicopter flying back and forth and hovering and the wranglers rushed out on horseback. The wait seemed to be an eternity, and we later found out an older mare who had dropped behind her family on the way to the trap had dropped dead, the first fatality of this roundup.
Helicopter over the three fleeing bachelor stallions
Helicopter over the stallions
The next morning, I saw the two week old bay colt that I had warned the Cattoors about being driven into the trap. His beautiful family, black mare and sorrel, palomino and greys all went together. Luckily they were not driven far, and the colt looked good. As they entered the trap, one of the most dramatic escape attempts was made by three bachelor stallions, two greys and a black. They went straight up the cliff in a line and the helicopter chased them along the edge. I chanted “go, go” under my breath as I watched, rooting for the horses. Soon they were out of sight, but I could till hear the helicopter. Suddenly I could see only two horses, one grey and one black – they were tiring, slowing almost to a walk as they were inevitably driven into the trap. But we never saw the other grey again – he escaped!
Several groups of horses, greys in front
At the end of the day I saw one of the most beautiful sights – about 50 horses flowing along the landscape, a colorful contrast to the sagebrush. Suddenly they stopped, and two magnificent grey stallions reared up, challenging each other, disturbed by being driven into such close proximity. But they have a far bigger problem thn each other – the helicopter is relentless and drives them together to the trap.
The last three days of the Adobe Town Roundup are conducted at the Powder Rim trap. At this site, we are only 300 yards from the trap and we can see them driven into the trap and the pens, but much of the landscape they can travel along is out of site. We are instructed to crouch down and get low, but I know the last thing the horses are concerned about is us. So far over 600 horses have been rounded up and only 22 released back into the wild. The plan is to remove over 500 more horses at this trap site, and I am concerned there will be virtually no horses left in the area after this roundup.
Horses of all ages cannnot escape the helicopter
Today they are using two helicopters to drive the horses which I have never seen before. This way, one helicopter can be driving a group and the other can head off an escape, or it can be working a different group so they can work with an almost assembly line efficiency. The horses do not have a chance.
Horses driven into the trap, dust billowing
Group after group is driven into the trap, and the dust boils up and swallows them. They stand until the wranglers start moving them through the chutes, separating stallions from their mares, mares from the older foals, and grouping them together. The stallions intermittently spar squeal, and some of the mares call to their foals.
The older grey stallion with his family
Older grey stallion running with his foal
One of the most dramatic chases was of a small band with two mares, a foal and a noble old warrior of a grey stallion. He is battle-scarred with hoof prints, and bites and had clearly lived a long eventful life, but was clearly a tender and caring father – his colt ran beside him almost the whole way instead of next to his mother, and he kept close to the colt as he tired. He had probably been trapped before because he put up a valiant fight – dodging and turning and running to evade the helicopter which at some points was directly over his head.
Older grey stallion under the helicopter
Older grey stallion separated from his family
His band headed to the trap, and we saw the mares and foal run in, but no stallion! We were able to hear the helicopter go back and forth but could not see. Two wranglers finally rode out on horseback, and after some more time came back with the grand old stallion, whom they had roped. His sides were heaving, head hanging down, and he finally entered the trap – one of the saddest sights I have seen. I hoped that he would be among the lucky few released at the end.
Older grey stallion roped and brought in by the wranglers
Older grey stallion is so tired after the chase
The next day as we arrived we saw two dappled grey horses in the Cattoors’ stock trailer. Before we could ask, we were told one mare had a “sore stomach” and they had decided to release her with a friend since they thought she would do better moving around. They did not like using the word “colic” even though she had the symptoms and had even received a banamine shot.
The first group of the day driven toward the trap
After the trailer headed down the road and stopped, waiting for the helicopter to finish its run, a group came in with a young palomino stallion, who veered off and ran from the trap. He headed for the trailer, but did not slow down as he passed the mares.
Grey stallion with his family
Later in the day, another grey stallion with a huge presence galloped behind his family. As they passed the pens, he gave an arrogant look at the trapped horses, and veered off, running as fast as he could away from the trap. 10 minutes later I saw him on top of a huge cliff, running from the helicopter. But he escaped, and so did the young palomino stallion who made a run for it.
Grey stallion looks at pens and runs away!
Grey stallion escapes the helicopter on the ridge
On this second to last day, we finally had a reporter from Casper channel 13 (NBC) come to the roundup. She starts by interviewing two BLM officials, and she interviewed me as well, as I was surrounded by the BLM. I was not intimidated.
Mare is roped to bring her in
Mare fighting the rope, attempting to get away
Unfortunately she did not stay to witness two mare being roped later in the day. We say a small sorrel mare roped by a wrangler. She fought the rope, thrashing, and finally fell down. It was very hard to watch her struggle. A helicopter came behind her, finally scaring her into a run, and she and the wrangler weaved toward the trap. We saw a small grey mare captured by another wrangler who put up less of a struggle, but also driven by helicopter. We were very upset by this site, and wondered why they didn’t just let these two go. When we asked at the end of the day we were told that these were mares who had become separated from their foals, then reunited with them at the trap. But most of these foals are at least 4 months old and will be separated from their mothers anyway at their arrival at Canon City.
Using the helicopter to get the mare to move
Finally the wrangler gets her running toward the trap
The last day of the Adobe Town Roundup finally arrives. We don’t see much today as the horses are being driven in behind the cliff. At the end of the day, we hear the helicopter and see a tremendous amount of dust flying up. Soon the wranglers ride out. I am concerned. Then the trailer heads out, and when it returns, a foal steps out alone, looking bewildered, obviously having been separated from his mother. He is one of the last horses to be brought in.
Horses in the trap, waiting to get sorted and separated
I ask about being able to witness the release of the horses that will be left in the area the next day, and am initially told no, which is par for the course, but then Sue Cattoor tells us we can come watch. They end up releasing 41 mares and 57 stallions after giving pzp to all the mares. They release the mares first, and they surge out and are gone in a cloud of dust. Half an hour later the stallions run far and fast in the opposite direction. I wonder if I will ever see any of them again.
The mares released - they run as fast as they can
When I consider the damage that has been done to this herd – the horses all but eliminated from the area, families torn apart, and the uncertain fate facing the horses travelling to Canon City it is difficult not to cry, or to rage – but the BLM is watching, and I keep my mouth shut. 973 horses were rounded up, 120 were released, 2 died, and 851 were shipped to Canon City. It sounds so sterile when they are reduced to statistics, but these horses will never be just statistics to me.
Helicopter over a family band
Yes, this roundup did go as well it could using helicopters. There were no dramatic deaths or injuries. But what kind of a life is left for these horses that are shipped away from the only home they have ever known? When they arrive, the foals will be weaned, the horses vaccinated and freeze branded, and the stallions will be gelded. This is traumatic especially for the older stallions, and some them die. After this, a very lucky few will be adopted – mostly the weanlings, yearlings and two year olds. Some will be shipped to the Honor Farm in Riverton or Steve Mantle’s place for training, some will be trained at Canon City, which will dramatically increase their chances to be adopted. The rest will be shipped to long term holding facilities separated into groups of mares and groups of stallions. They will live out their sterile lives without families. Under the Sale Authority, which allows 10 years old and older as well as those who have not been adopted after 3 attempts to be sold without limitation, some will ultimately end up in slaughterhouses.
Stallions released, scrambling to get away
The horses left behind in the herd are in disarray, except for the lucky few bands that evaded the helicopter. The plan is to leave 66 % stallions and 34% mares in this herd area, skewing the sex ratio in some untested plan to reduce the population. This ill conceived plan has been implemented in herds all over the west this last year, with no concern for the chaos it creates – stallions constantly fighting over mares, chasing mares, foals getting injured, and because of the use of PZP on the mares, they will continue their heat cycle which keeps the stallions fighting.
Still wild, still free!
I decide to on the way home check on my favorite little band, who I was hoping would escape the roundup as they were between fenced areas. Every time I have been in the are I have seen them – a big grey stallion with an imposing neck, an older flea bitten grey mare, and their beautiful offspring – a tall dark grey yearling with a flowing mane, and this year’s foal, a pale palomino colt. I hope that I will see them on this grim day – and at first I don’t see them, but after climbing a hill, my friends Tamara and Jess call me over – and there they are. As the storm clouds gather, they stand on a hill watching me, untouched by the madness I have just left behind. I approach, and they run along side, watching me, but not running away. I am so happy to see them, and seeing them free reminds me of all the best qualities of wild horses – their pride, beauty, curiosity, and self-sufficiency. They will continue here, where so many of their fellows are gone forever. They are the symbols of why I am am fighting to keep our horses wild and free.
So many beautiful horses, running for the trap
The wild horses of America do NOT belong to the Bureau of Land Management, who is charged with their management and care. They belong to us, the American people, and they are a part of us, our heritage, our history, our land, our freedom. I wish that I will never have to see another roundup, but so far they continue at a great rate. Right now the BLM continues rounding up horses despite its budget for the year not yet being approved. You can help by asking your Senators to stop the passage of their appropriations bill without limitating the money used for roundups to emergencies only: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/index.php/news-events-a-media/action-alerts/494-rein-in-blm-spending
These horses face an uncertain fate
These Adobe Town horses will be available for adoption at the Canon City holding facility the first week in December. The Salt Wells Herd in the adjoining 1 million acre HMA is being rounded up right now for the next two weeks. Over 800 horses will be removed.
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[…] This report on the Adobe Town roundup in Wyoming was written by wildlife photographer Carol Walker, who observed most of the days of this capture operation. Observing the roundups is often grueling, frustrating and emotionally devastating work, and AWHPC commends Carol for her dedication to being a witness for the wild horses of Adobe Town. See the full report on her blog. […]
I love you, Carol! I love your style, your quiet, determined presence and professionalism. I add my heartfelt thank-you to the thousands of people indebted to you for your faithful reporting, quiet courage, professionalism, and stellar photography by which you bring us into the lives and struggles and beauties of our wild horses and burros.
I do believe, though, that there was at least one dramatic death: I’m thinking of the mare who dropped dead. I can’t imagine her suffering and struggle to keep up before the strain took her life. Her chest must have been pounding. What a tragic time and way to die.
And the clever contractor released a horse who was colicking why? Yes, she’s better off moving around, but also out of reach of cameras and medical care by releasing her. I am glad she was released, but there is something ugly about it, too. They don’t have to take responsibility for her in releasing her. And they are still paid, by the way, for having brought her in. I prefer that at this point, because they have no financial incentive to keep her. They were paid for the escaped black stallion, Freedom, and had no financial incentive to go recapture him, and that suits us all fine.
However, I am recommending financial incentive to roundup contractors to bring in healthy horses, i.e., big fines for injured horses or dead horses. Big fines for foals separated from mares. They will think twice and perhaps leave bands alone who have young foals. Foals should never be separated, but I documented five in the space of two days in Twin Peaks.
I guarantee you there are footsore horses.
Further, we can only injured horses when it is so bad they cannot disguise it. They do not like to display pain, especially in the presence of predators. As prey animals, they are hardwired to NOT show pain or illness. If you know your own horse(s) well, you can detect problems.
And me with my torn meniscus throbbing and twinging away: to look at me sitting here at my computer, you can’t see how much pain I’m experiencing. So I feel we should devise some formula to determine how many injuries there REALLy are based on the ones we can actually see.
Thank you SO MUCH for this great, thorough report. You rock, Carol. Thank you for enduring this whole ordeal. Thank you for setting such a great example.
Thank you Elyse. Yes the cynical side of releasing the mare was if she died, then she would not be in the official count. The horses that came in were bathed in sweat from withers to flanks, nostrils red – despite the cool 50s to 60s weather. And using helicopters is using fear to move horses – that in itself is cruel. There are better ways. And until we have a better way to manage these horses, the roundups need to stop.
Thank you for all you do for the horses Elyse.
OMG…..WHY is this STILL going ON???? Why can’t WE THE PEOPLE get this stopped NOW????? Salazar continues to ignore any phone calls, as do the rest of his henchmen….WHAT THEN DO WE DO???? Sabotage the equipment during the nights before the next days roundups????? If I were physically capable of that, I would drive up there and do it myself!!!! This is WRONG!!!! How is it, when they haven’t gotten the financial approval, they continue to do this??? There has to be some way to end this madness……………….
Dear Deby,
It is wrong but sabotaging equiptment is not the way to stop it. A lot of good people are working very hard to stop it and the best way is to pull the plug financially. Without money, the roundups cannot continue.
Carole: I could never thank you enough for documenting the BLM/DOI Mustang Roundups and Abuse; I agree no laws should be violated by US citizens in an attempt to stop roundup
however i did have this one thought; too bad someone couldnot go to the corrals and open the gates to the corrals at night; so the mustangs could escape; sure they would round them up
but some might escape; I would do it if not “against the law;
but I do know what the BLM does every roundup is agin the law
Dear Anna,
Yes unfortunately it is against the law. We need to stop them before they roundup the horses – right now that means working to have BLM’s budget for roundups not approved.
Why are they doing this, what moron has ordered this. It breaks my heart to know that this is going on. These Wild Horses are beautiful, They are the American Heritage.
I love you too! Thank you for being there and enduring only a broken heart while our
free roaming inspirations are trapped and hauled away. My deepest apologies to the wild ones for what is done to them. mar
Viewing the DESTRUCTION of our “SYMBOLS OF FREEDOMS”, cuts deep! The image of the “beaten down valiant little grey stallion still haunts me. We must do something. The “Old West is Gone! with it the Code of Honor, and the Respect for the Mustangs!” The “BLM Wranglers are just pitiful SOB “wanna be Cowboys” The capture of the poor little 14 hand grey stallion “sandwitched between the two “wanna bees on their big QHs”says it all; they can’t even capture a 14 ‘H Mustang without the helicopter, and still takes two of them! I realy would like to know how those two SOBs felt??! They should look at that picture hard and long, and perhaps if they have any decency left?….they would feel SHAME!
This is just heartbreaking.
Carol, the ROAM Act is actually being held up in ENERGY – not Environment and Public Works.
The House and Senate only respect PRINTED public opinions. Email won’t work unless it is printed and mailed or hand delivered.
‘On July 17, 2009, the House passed the Restore Our Wild Mustangs (ROAM) Act (H.R.1018), which seeks to accomplish all of these objectives. This bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.’
Deby, Salazar and Abbey are doing exactly what they have been ordered to do by the House and Senate. That’s why writing them doesn’t do any good. They don’t make that decision, they only implement it. The US gov’t is running scared of running out of fuel. The oil companies will drill and deplete the water on Public Lands that these horses need to survive. The gov can’t have horses dying of thirst, so they are removed.
The gov’t is sitting on the ROAM bill to collect as many horses as possible, which is why it is IMPERATIVE that anyone who cares about these animals (and our Public Lands) WRITE the Senate Committee and protest this.
PRAY the ROAM Act DOES NOT pass. It will give the BLM EXACTLY what it wants,…it will DIVEST the wild ones from their statutory right to occupy their traditional lands….SalaCZAR & Reid wrote it with the intention of stripping out this part of the WFHBA of 1971,….which is the HEART of the Act.
They are NOT afraid of ROAM passing as it wouldnt stop a thing for them. What they ARE afraid of is someone finaly suing them for the proper thing,…that is, their statutory nullification fo the WFHBA of 1971….THAT is what they are afraid of. The information is out there, but so far, no one has raised this issue in a lawsuit. It is the ONLY thing that, if won, would STOP the BLM DEAD in their tracks and put an END to all round ups.
Let the mustangs go, stop all roundups.
And Carol, thank you for going and recording this miserable piece of history. May those bastards who implement these roundups choke on these photos (and hopefully letters of protest).
The photos are beautiful.
This is so sad. It makes me cry. WHY, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? This must be stopped. WE need all the animal activist and lawyers available to stop this. All for the cattle ranchers. Ken Salazar should be shot. These beautiful free horses trapped and separated from their families. This must be stopped!!!!!!!
Thank you for documenting these “gathers.” I studied a wild herd some years ago and while I do support some population reduction in some places, the round-ups are extremely difficult to watch under the best conditions and go down quickly from there. I’m not sure what the answer is-the older method of using relay riders and roping horses caused more injuries and mortalities. But it is vital that advocates for the horses be permitted to attend and record, and I can’t imagine a less enviable place to be-roundups are a nightmare for anyone who cares about horses.
This is so heartbreaking and unbelievable that we’re actually doing this to our beautiful wild horses! What kind of governement do we have that can take the rights of freedom from them and what belongs to the American people?! This is such a tragedy and my heart goes out to everyone that has been vocal and trying to do what’s right for our wild ones. There are so many good people with the compassion to do what’s right..it’s sad to say, not enough. We must reinstate our laws immediately to protect their future. Thank you Carol.
This has been such a sad year … so many captures, injuries, and deaths. More this Fall and Winter and more next year and for years to come until the BLM achieves its goal of virtually eradicating our wild ones.
Those horses and burros “allowed to stay” will become increasingly inbred through no fault of their own. Animals don’t know anything about genetics. They breed to survive.
Carol, the word that keeps haunting me is “relentless”. Relentless pursuit, relentless harrassment, relentless destruction. We must be equally relentless in our defense of those that cannot defend themselves.
I came across your blog and found the oh so pretty photos of horses in there! Loved them so much! I am a wildlife and nature photographer and I have always loved and adored horses. Then I started reading your blog and I do not understand whats going on :S I live in Europe so I haven’t heard anything about this kind of destruction… Why?? Why can’t they live where they have been born? When will the human race finally understand that we are NOT the most important species on this planet?? It’s so selfish for humans to decide the fate of animals! Your post brings tears to my eyes…
[…] The lives of the famed wild horses of Adobe Town in Wyoming’s pristine Red Desert region have been chronicled by wildlife photographer Carol Walker in her book Wild Hoofbeats. Walker has also been publishing her observations and photographs of the roundup. […]
Carol:
Thank you from the bottom of my huge heart for all this hard, stressful work you just endured witnessing this heinous, inhumane, equine cruelty to the full extent round up. Please share with us all that we can do on facebook to help stop this, who to contact, all their information, who to write to, who to call, everything precise and pinpointed and put it all over facebook-cloud foundation, american wild horse preservation act, r.t. fitch, your blog, elyse’s blog, EVERYTHING so we can demand a stop to this. President Obama should have stopped this long ago. Ken Salazar is behind it all. The BLM has proven over and over again a very sick, inhumane organization that they are and they should be disbanded and sent to auction. I’d be the first one in line to buy them up and send them to where they would never want to go. Thank you
[…] The lives of the famed wild horses of Adobe Town in Wyoming’s pristine Red Desert region have been chronicled by wildlife photographer Carol Walker in her book Wild Hoofbeats. Walker has also been publishing her observations and photographs of the roundup. […]
are there still wild mustangs
Dear Christina,
Indeed there are, despite all the roundups – there are wild horses in 10 western states on our public lands – see here for more information about the issues:
http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/
What can I do to help? My family has land in PA and in N. Dakota. What can we do to help? Thank You
It was very interesting for me to read this blog. Thanks for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to them. I definitely want to read a bit more on that site soon.
Katty Stone
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Why is Bureau of Land Management deceptive and deceitful on their intentions for removal of these horses?
This is clearly about clearing land for big business; for minerals and fuel research, for recreation; these horses are considered an problem. They are indigenous creatures, a treasure, OUR HERITAGE.. yet BLM is blatantly ridding the land of these horses with the lies about too many horses..
This is DISGRACEFUL AND OFFENSIVE, and yet, BLM does what it wants..aand no one gives a damn
For those who have never had nor been around horses, I want to tell you something. There is not a more majestic and magnificent animal being fenced into a world unknown and scary. To be chased by helicopter and jeeps during the dry heat with mares with fouls ,old horses and yearlings not able to keep up and no shade nor water. This is what our controlled BLM and Sally Jewell does with these beautiful animals without any remorse and WE pay them out of our pockets. Sally Jewell has no concept on our land control nor the control of our beautiful gifts from Mother Earth. The President said he would give us a Native American in office for Sect. of the Interior and he gave us a Mexican then Sally Jewell. A Native American knows the value of the American Horse and how he has made America beautiful. Children love looking at our horses, but not the way they are now all gated in and scared and YES they know fear as we do.
So in the the Spirit of Crazy Horse, PLEASE STOP THE WILD HORSE ROUND-UPS NO AND LET THEM RUN FREE. Wind Dancer
Why are these horses chased with helicopters. The horses don’t have a chance and are chased to exhaustion and deaths
Hi Carol,
I have just adopted a mare from this herd. She was a baby when she was captured. She is now 5 years old and is still at Canon City. I live in Maryland, which is where she is going to be living. She will be arriving here end of February!! I’m so excited!! Do you have any pictures of her being rounded up or at canon city? I looked through some of your pictures but didn’t see her. She is gray but i found a picture i’m almost positive is her at canon city after roundup.
Baby Picture:
https://www.facebook.com/StoryofDove/photos/pcb.912350862142726/912350802142732/?type=1&theater
More pictures:
https://www.facebook.com/StoryofDove/photos/pcb.912350862142726/912350828809396/?type=1&theater
https://www.facebook.com/StoryofDove/photos/pcb.912350862142726/912350842142728/?type=1&theater
Please let me know if you find any of her 🙂
I am so disheartened, every time I read about our wild horses being rounded up by HELICOPTERS, families separated, foals and mares chased by a HELICOPTER? This is so mean!! As a child I would have died and gone to heaven if I could have had a horse. This is all about big business and money. I think we should advertise this horrendous method of capture and let the public know just what our tax payer dollars are being used for. To chase and scare these poor animals half to death, then stuff them in small metal cages. I just don’t believe how mean and cruel this is and it has been going on for so long. Down with BLM!!!!