Mustang at Sunset

by Judi Dressler

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Mustang at Sunset

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Judi Dressler

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Photograph - Photography

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Wild Mustang portrait. This is one of a band of wild horses hanging out together in Red Desert of NW Colorado. It was very dry, and many of the watering holes had dried up, so volunteers were attempting to bring in enough water so the horses could survive. But at the time this photo was taken at the sunset golden hour, all was peaceful.

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 11, 2020, in NW Colorado.

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