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Wild Horses
Why wild horses are in danger
Source: http://www.helium.com/items/1636617-why-wild-horses-are-in-danger
The ground begins to faintly rumble under your feet as your stand on a hillside admiring the beautiful mountain scenery. You wonder were this powerful feeling could possibly be coming from. Faster than you can associate what the source may be, the rumble gets closer and louder and even more vibrant through the masses of earth and wild grass you stand on.
From over the hill stampedes a great herd of wild horses in a flash of wild colors. A hundred feet pounding in close unison, source this rumble as these majestic, historical animals prance and pound by.
Sadly, there are several issues plaguing the survival of this type of horse. Primarily, culling of large groups of these horses is the main source of their demise, followed by habitat destruction, horses being stolen and sold for profit and an ever demanding need by these animals for food and water.
While researching for this article, a new release from Horsetalk.co.nz posted in early October stuck out from the numerous other search results. This story states that:
"...Hundreds of wild horses in Western Australian with strong Arabian bloodlines may be lost in a cull, a campaigner for the animals fears... There are more than 5000 wild horses living over the area from Bililuna to Balgo, mostly around Lake Gregory, a 100km-wide freshwater lake formed from the Sturt Creek, which has its origins in the Northern Territory..."
Source: Horsetalk.co.nz: Hundreds of part-Arab wild horses under cull threat,http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/new s/2009/10/073.shtml
Unfortunately, New Zealand is not the only place this happens.
Like many other species, the main danger for these animals has quite a bit to do with the encroachment of humans on their natural habitat of grasslands and large expanses of land. Grazing lands, shelters and safe migratory routes to water and food for these beautiful animals are being more and more threatened every year. Housing developments, recreational facilities, and shopping malls are being erected where these horses once grazed and houses surround lakes and line riverbeds blocking these horses from clean water sources and pastures. Migratory paths to plentiful water sources used in the past are disrupted by fences, houses and highways. Due to these issues, hundreds of these horses are endangered, pushed to and killed on the North American highways every year.
Long ago, when horses ran wild all over a world without fences; grasses, hays and alfalfa grew rampantly for all animals to gorge on. Travelling generally in packs, they require a large amount of food at meal times and a generous supply of water. Nowadays, food and water is available for these animals in the spring and fall months provided there is rain. However, winter and summer is a different scenario. Lakes and creeks freeze up; the few grazing pastures available to these horses cover up with a deep layer of snow leaving these animals to scrounge for whatever they can to survive over the long winter.
In Canada, non-profit groups and organizations have been stepping in to attempt to assist the horse in southern British Columbia through the winter by assessing the plausibility of supplying hay and water over the tough months of the year. However, this is only a small step. A solution does need to be found to protect the true wild horse and the wild mustang that were once known to roam the open lands and fields of our planet. In hopes of saving this beautiful sight of the wild, wild horse sanctuaries can be found all over the globe that work extremely hard to save these great animals.
Simply, humanity is closing in on these animals, as it is for all wild animals. We are the main reason why wild horses are in danger.
About the Author
Jessica Tucker is a writer based in southern British Columbia, Canada where she has spent a large majority of her life. Along with the many different facets of Jessica's interests; writing is her main passion and has been since she was old enough to hold a pen.
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How do wild horses prevent lameness?
I know that humans clip their horses hooves to prevent them from growing out too much and going lame. But obviously wild horses dont their feet clipped by a fairer, so how come they dont go lame? Is it really necessary to have a fairer clip horses hooves?
Horses in the wild travel *very* long distances over various terrain daily in search of food and water and to avoid predators. This slowly wears their hooves off- just enough to offset the growth and keep them at an acceptable length and angle.
Of course, there are other causes of lameness, and those can not be fixed by walking. If a wild horse does go lame because of strain, break, abscess, etc. it would more than likely die or get picked off by a predator and therefore remove it's genes (and with it's genes, any genetic predisposition to lameness) from the population. Over time this strengthens the overall health of the herd.
Captive horses are kept in a pasture, on grass or sand or shavings(occasionally gravel or tar) all the time, only ridden a couple hours at most a day, fed grains and supplements to help their hooves grow and made to do all manner of "un-natural" things, like carry the weight of a rider, pull a cart, wear metal shoes and move in a certain way for work. These activities put different stresses on a hoof. Therefore, captive horses need different care than a horse in the wild. All domesticated horses need their hooves trimmed by a licensed farrier. Some can go longer between trimmings than others due to the strength and rate of growth of their hooves. Some require shoes and some do not, but all require trimmings.
Susan Boyle - Wild Horses