Tag: wild horses
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Surviving in the margins: The plight and dilemma of wild mustangs in the San Luis Valley
Secluded between a mesa jutting out of the valley floor and the imposing wall of the Sangre de Cristo range, the part of the San Luis Valley that holds the Sanchez Reservoir feels like a secret place. This sanctuary had inhabitants one afternoon in July, as a sheet of rain rolled across the expanse. Over…
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Wild horses can’t be broken as a Western crisis looms | Joey Bunch
The galloping pony with its mane flowing like a banner in the prairie wind is the enduring expression of the unbridled American West. If not for its flaming eyes and garish color, the rearing mustang outside Denver International Airport would be the unofficial ambassador to Colorado. Maybe it is, anyway. Yet, managing wild horses, like…