When most animal populations get to high we just open up hunting season and shoot them. These horses are at least being given another chance for an even better life. A life with food and water without having to worry when its coming next. They’ll have shelter from the elements, no more predators. And what my mustang seems to love the most, a human to give them scratches and cookies… although he might love his water equally…lol. Thats better than any deer will ever get!

The ancestors of modern horses WERE native. Nature selected them to no longer live here THOUSANDS of years ago. Those that stayed in North America died out. Could it be that they were not supposed to be here? Also, the modern horse, Equus Caballus, was never found in the U.S.

I am well aware that horses first showed up in North America, but did you ever think that there might have been a reason they left?

mesteno means “without owner”, not a group of wild horses.

escaped horses did form bands, but could not reproduce with local horses as there were none. MANY years later, as people moved out west, they release their stock and they reproduced with the feral horses the spanish left behind, creating what we see as the American Mustang.

Under temperment I would also put down
Extremely Intellegent
Alert
Curious
and honestly, not stubborn at all, actually very willing.

The only con I can think of is not being good for a beginer.
They are not hard to break if you know how to train a horse.

If you need any help with anything involving mustangs, kigers, spanisg colonial, etc, just let me know. I’m heavily involved with the breed and would love to help get more information out there!

No, we don’t round up wild animals and put them in pens. Horses are not wild animals, they are feral animals that compete with actual wildlife for forage and water. They round these horses up because they do emmense damage to the range. The BLM has a herd management level for every area that will keep a balance between them, the land, and native wildlife. When the population exceeds that area, they gather the excess and put them up for adoption. Populations double every 4 years, that means if they were left alone for just 10 years that 200 in the Pryors would be 2,400.
As for other forms of population control… the birth control PZP is finally available but still very expensive. Gelding studs won’t do anything, they have tried. Geldings won’t keep harems. If you have 50 studs and 50 mares, and you geld 49 of them, you will have one very tired stud at the end of the season, but he’ll get the job done. And then guess what? In one season you will have all of the new folas being brother and sister! Bye bye genetic viability!

Do you know how many domestics are starved as well? Its a sad fact of the horse would.