Just Born wild Mustang Foal Nursing

by Judi Dressler

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Just Born wild Mustang Foal Nursing

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Judi Dressler

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I felt immensely privileged to get to watch and photograph the birth of this little wild Mustang foal. I kept my distance, but could see generally what was going on. It took just about a half hour for the the baby to stand up after it was born, and in this image he is about to nurse for the first time, with the mare's gentle encouragement to do so. During the birth, the stallion father kept all horses away that were not family members, but the mare's yearling was next to her throughout the birth, and a couple of other horses were also allowed to stay. It was quite emotional to witness the whole thing...

Wild Mustangs are free-roaming horses of the American west that were originally brought to the Americas by the Spanish. We think of Mustangs as wild horses, but because they are descended from once-domesticated horses, they are actually feral horses. This free-roaming horse population is managed and protected by the BLM, the Bureau of Land Management. There is some controversy surrounding the sharing of land and resources by the free-ranging mustangs with the livestock of the ranching industry. There is also dispute about the methods with which the federal government manages the wild horse numbers.

Photo taken on June 4th, 2018, in SW Wyoming

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