Re: [RC] Wild Horses Letter in NY Times..on the mark - Sisu West Ranch
"... I've never seen anyone claim a ring reck rheassnt was the same as
a wild turkey. ..."
Sorry that my analogy was not clear. The ring
neck pheasant was imported from china and let loose. We now hunt and
manage their populations often forgeting that they are not a native wild animal
like the turkey.
Our free roaming horses are definately descended
from domestic horses let loose by man. And thus are different than
Buffalo, whitetailed deer, Wapiti (American Elk), etc.
For whatever reason the genius Equis became extinct
on this continent long before Europeans came here. The ecosystem that
existed in 1492 included many large animals, but no horses.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
