I look at my horses. I have two right now. A beautiful but rather unruly, black gelding and my old friend, a 26 year-old bay mare I have had since I was 11.
My horses were never wild but I still see the spirits of their ancestors in their dark eyes. They have given me so much in my life. They have taught me to be strong and brave and to thrive. I feel I owe them so much of myself and my efforts to protect their fellow species. Many of us may feel at a loss as to what to do to help but there are many ways to get involved.
If you can, find a reputable sanctuary and donate time or money helping them in their efforts. Hold fundraisers, car washes and other events. Consider your audience and spread the word at horse events where you live. Get creative.
Awareness is also a huge need. Do your research. Tell friends and family what you find. Urge those you tell to speak out too. If you can adopt a mustang from the BLM, do it. The horses will make wonderful additions to your home and deserve a happy ending to their story.
He tosses his mane in defiance and shakes his finely sculpted head as if to say that he is molded from greatness and the natural born heir to the wide open lands stretching before him. He seems to be a gift from some higher power that sought to create the perfect blend of beauty and strength. This power created the horse. He is forever free in his heart.
Article comments
1 - Dave Nalle
And if you live in Wyoming, don't forget to vote for Sue Wallace!
Dave
2 - Valerie James-Patton
Thank you for the wonderful article!
To Dave:
Hopefully, anyone who cares enough about horses to read this article, would never vote for Sue Wallis, aka: Slaughterhouse Sue. She has a lunatic obsession to open a horse slaughter plant in Wyoming for the slaughter of both domestic and wild horses, and feed horse meat to prisoners.
Campaigning for Wallis certainly doesn't fit in with this article.
3 - LindsayWhelchel
Thank you so much Valerie and thank you also for bringing attention to the issue with Sue Wallis. I had no idea about her. Many people just continue to shock me with their heartlessness when it comes to those in need, animal or human...
4 - Barbara Warner
Many thanks for this article favoring our American wild horses. They are a native, re-introduced species.This has been proven by DNA and paleontological studies done on the remains of Equus caballus that date back millions of years. Wild horses are a national treasure and were supposed to have been ptotected and preserved, but the Bureau of Land Management under Secretary of Interior Salazar is breaking the 1971 Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act. Roundups are so extensive along with birth control to mares and gelding of stallions and even 1 year old colts that these magnificent horses will soon be extinct. Please call D.C. lawmakers at 202-224-3121 and President Obama at 202-456-1111 and demand that all roundups be stopped now.
5 - MJ Wilson
BLM's a rouge agency committed to the genocide of our wild horses. Salazar and his henchmen such as Cattoor are making a good life for themselves from our wild horses blood.
Slaughterhouse Sue is running an illegal non-profit, is an irresponsible over-breeder of horses, at the expense of the Am. taxpayer. She's being exposed for what she is, a money grubbing horse killer.
6 - Susan Emory
Thank you SO much for this excellent article, Lindsay! Our Wild Horses are in very real danger of planned extinction.
America's Wild Mustangs are being captured at an alarming rate. Once we have lost their precious heritage DNA, it can never be brought back.
Please don't let this happen: share this!
7 - Carol VanHoesen
If only they will see.
8 - Suzanne Moore
I hope that comment about voting for Sue Wallis was intended as a joke. Even so, it's out of place here.
Excellent article, Lindsay! Awareness is desperately needed if we are to save our American Mustangs from the government agency determined to eradicate them from their native ranges.
Thank you!
9 - michelle
I had the priviladge back in 1980 of seeing a herd a wild mustangs just out of Reno... I will never forget... it has to be one of the most awesome things I have ever seen... I get chills when I remember seeing them running wild