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[RC] What I know about Mustangs - shermanTitle: MessageI also had the
pleasure of knowing a mustang. She came to me unbroke at 8 yrs old, but had been
in captivity since she was a weanling. After I gained her trust and started
riding her she was a great trail partner. I didn't think she'd like endurance so
passed her along (leased) her to a family in Georgetown, CA. I've thought about
taking on others, but too busy with my endurance horses. It's great that people
are willing to do this, just to get them started and made into a useful animal
that someone will be wiling to spend $$ on and hopefully enjoy and care for to
the end. There is still the problem of so many mustangs that are just not
adoptable, the pens are full of horses with incredibly crooked legs, club feet,
and other abnormalities. Big bucks are being spent to keep these horses in pens,
yes larger than feed lot pens, but pens nonetheless. These are the horses that
something needs to be done about. The funds that could be temporairily feeding
captured "adoptable" horses is being eaten up by the ones that no one
wants, but that the range will not support. It is too sad to see the mustangs
starving when there is no forage left for them because they have
overgrazed or due to drought.There are just not enough rescues or
sanctuaries to handle the massive amount of unadoptable horses. That's the
reality.
Kathy
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