RE: This morning i discovered 30+ Wild horses in the meadows! SO beautiful, wow!
This is outstanding - I've loved our western mustangs since I was a kid, but I had no idea there were still wild horses in Holland!
I have a tiny lot in northern New Mexico, right next to the Colorado border, and it is a mere nine miles from one of the designated wild horse wilderness areas.
Our wild horses are far less likely to allow approach, however, both because of the far vaster spaces involved, and because the Bureau of Land Management (or Mismanagement, as my grandfather referred to them) has an ongoing program to capture and sell a number of the horses each year, depleting the gene pool, and resilying in far more inbreeding than if they actually respected the horses enough to leave them alone.
Ah, the injustices committed in the pursuit of money. It's a real shame.
Yes that makes a difference! Were not even supposed to stray off the paths here or intefere with thenwild horses here.. but i do and enjoy feeding them carrots! Im sure these horses have never seen humam aggression toward them.. dutch and usa are quite different! Hunting animals here is a rare hobby!
That's how the horses on Chincoteague Island in Virginia are treated. There are mostly left alone, so have no fear of humans, and it is possible to interact with them.
I wish we treated ALL our wild horses that way. Over 80% of those polled want the round ups to stop, and for the horses to be left alone, but the BLM isn't about to let go of a money maker, particularly one that fills its coffers on a regular basis. Sigh.
Of course, I've known people who are good with horses who have been able to interact with the western mustangs, but they are much more skittish, and a great deal more patience is required.