Mom and Baby Wild Mustang
by Judi Dressler
Title
Mom and Baby Wild Mustang
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Mom and baby wild Mustang horses in the desert of Sand Wash Basin in Colorado. The young horse is a foal and still nursing from mom. Ten days after this photo was taken, the BLM rounded up most of the wild horses at Sand Wash Basin. They used helicopters, which completely terrifies the horses and forces them to run long distances to holding pens. Moms and babies often get separated, and some horses get injured and have to be put down. I hope so much that these two survived and managed to remain in the wild together.
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 August 23, 2021, Sand Wash Basin, NW Colorado
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Comments (16)
Gary F Richards
Congratulations, Judi, on your well deserved 3rd Place Tie Win in the All Colorado Group November Logo Contest! F/L
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Judi – your stunning scene has been selected as an Honorable Mention from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Beige and Brown photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Lorraine Baum
Wonderful images Judi and thanks for sharing their story! Something must be done to change the roundup policy!!! L/F
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! You are invited to post your art in the Special Feature Archive Discussion in the Camera Art group. Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art You can do that in the "Artist Special Feature Nomination" discussion in the Camera Art Group.
Alana Thrower
Beautiful capture of these two! I wish them the best! We need to do better at managing these guys and make these roundups obsolete! l/f/t/p/fb
Shoal Hollingsworth
This is wonderful, I nominated this for a Special Feature in the Camera Art group. L/F
Jordan Hill
Congratulations, your wonderful image has been featured on the Homepage of the Photography Only Group, please feel free to add it to the discussion thread for featured images.
Jonathan Morrow
Touching capture of mom and foal Judi. Your description motivates me to tell a better story about my images...very meaningful!
Kathy M Krause
Judi, this is a wonderful precious capture of mom and foal! I Would love to visit that area of Colorado to capture the wild horses! It's sad in your description how they round the horses up with helicopters. I sure hope they are still together! LF
Judi Dressler replied:
Many thanks, Kathy! Yes, it is heartbreaking-- a crime against these soulful and wonderful animals. I hope you get to see them sometime. :)
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