The Curious Four
by Judi Dressler
Title
The Curious Four
Artist
Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
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These Wild Mustang horses were curious about me, just as I was curious about them. I love how they all posed so nicely for a photo! The three on the left look so similar that I expect they're siblings.
This photo can be printed quite large; up to 5 feet across or even larger if you contact me.
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. Families and bands get separated, and some horses get injured and have to be put down. I hope so much that these four 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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