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Posted by M
on 10/20/2009, 11:47 am
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we all know it costs much more to feed and build housing for a horse in winter.
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http://megspielmanstudio.blogspot.com/
The wild horses in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. today! The roundup began this morning. They are using helicopters to split the herd from about 180 to 90. The roundup is closed to the public, partially due to a helicopter crash the last time they attempted a roundup in 2007. The few that they had in the corral were released. The last roundup was in 2003. The reason given by locals for closing it to the public, is that several horses will be run until they die, which is what happened in 03.
The auction for the approximately 90 horses will be in Dickinson this friday Oct 23 and most may sell for little over $100 ea. The people who have come forward saying they will attend and adopt estimate homes for 40-50. If more homes are not found, "kill" buyers will buy them for slaughter! These are beautiful horses and I am told, easily "gentled". They will sell the foals (some are only 3-4 mo old and still nursing), young horses and old mares and stallions. The Park says they need to control the number of grazing animals as there is not enough grass. Locals and advocates for the maintaining of herds in the park say otherwise. There is controversy surrounding methods to manage the number of grazing animals.
I spent the weekend there getting to meet a few and photographing these beautiful animals. Visitors to the Park this weekend, after nearly 2 weeks of cold weather, found the horses scarce, taking shelter deeper in the Park.
the sun illuminated the chestnut horses and the hillside. I did absolutely nothing to this photo.
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