The Painted Colt Says, 'Wait for me!" (Click to enlarge)
Don’t you just want to wrap your arms around this little guy and kiss him all over? He’s just as charming a guy as he can be. It’s a little difficult to see here, but an unshod horse, as is this baby, of course, moves by placing the heel of his foot down first, and pushing off with the toe . Yep, I didn’t know that either until just recently. For those who don’t know, unshod means without those metal shoes hammered to the bottom of their feet. Shoes keep equines from moving properly.
The information for natural horse husbandry that wasn’t available to me when I was a girl with a horse, is out there now. Horses should not wear shoes. They cause dis-ease and, in extreme cases, can be the primary reason for euthanizing. Don’t take my word for it. Do some research; it will astound you. Start with Joe Camp’s site. You don’t know Joe Camp? Oh yes you do. He’s an advocate for children and animals. He’s a speaker and writer, but what you know him for is all the Benji stories. He wrote, directed and produced 21 Benji movies and television programs.
While living in California with his current Benji and other dogs, he became interested in horses. Recently he’s written a love story called The Soul of a Horse and is working on a sequel. If you love animals, and have ever loved horses, you will be captivated by this book. Don’t forget to visit his blog too. His rescuing of Noelle, the pregnant wild mustang, is mesmerizing. A lot of what I thought I knew about horses is debunked. Keep up with his blog posts as he gentles Noelle.
I came across his site while dreaming, as I am wont to do. What do I dream about? I dream of rescuing all those indigenous wild mustangs who are going to slaughter because the ranching conglomerates are gobbling up all the western land for cattle raising. There are a mere 65,000 mustangs left in the wild. Half of those are already captured and are languishing in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) facilities.
If these horses are not adopted, the BLM is threatening to slaughter them, as there is no room for them. If you have room in your heart and on your land; if you are willing to do the research to care for them naturally, using the methods of gentling and training suggested by experts such as Monty Roberts and Frank Bell, the Horse Whisperer, then visit the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Internet Adoption site. Be prepared to be astounded by the beauty of wild mustangs. Then picture them slaughtered.
The House of Representatives has just recently passed a bill to allocate more land for these wonderful indigenous wild creatures. It’s up to the Senate now. We know how busy they are at the moment. It is my fear that they will go on hiatus without doing a dang thing about this. Please, please write and call your Senators and demand that they pass this bill…NOW.
For more about this abomination, please read Joe Camp’s blog post, “Contrary to What Some Are Saying in the Media, Wild Horses Are Very Much Indigenous and Native to the Western United States“, the June 27th entry of his blog. This is important. We’ve seen politicians re-write history. They’re doing it now. The ranchers and lobbyists are trying to say that the horse is not indigenous to the U.S.; that’s why they think it’s okay to kill them, I guess.
Read the facts. Then act. All lives are important. We must stop the slaughter.
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