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I think that science tells us that horses were on this continent before man, 
dissapeared for what ever reason before the appearance of man and that man 
brought them back.  Consequently, the horses running lose on public lands 
are in fact feral, since their ancestors were domestic.

What people like Ryden do is distort science and say that since a version of 
the horse was here before man, the ones running lose now aren't feral.  It's 
kinda like saying that the tabby cats that manage to survive after 
irresponsible people turn them lose in the wilderness aren't feral but 
natural because cougars are natural.  The domestic horse and thus mustangs 
bear no more resemblance to the horse that origianally ran lose on north 
america than the tabby cat does to the cougar.

Cathy



Subject: Re: [RC] Wild Horses Letter in NY Times..on the mark


> > normally I never disagree with Heed but this time;
> > Hope Ryden is a gem and has done a lot to save MUSTANGS which are not
> > feral  horses.
>
> I've yet to see ANYTHING backed by any valid science that suggests that
> the horses on public lands are anything BUT feral--ie descendants of
> domestic horses gotten loose.  There is a lot of material PUBLISHED to the
> contrary, but none with any documentable evidence.
>
>
> Heidi



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