One month with a wild mustang...

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  1. Libby LApril 1, 2022 at 8:49 AM

    Erin, congrats on your new mustang and your website! I have a question, why can't the horses just be released again? Why wouldn't someone like you just let them go in the wild again?

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  2. ErinApril 4, 2022 at 2:10 PM

    Hi Libby! Thank you for your kind words.

    Mustangs can't be released back into the wild for a few reasons:
    -It is illegal.
    -The Bureau of Land Management has branded them so they could be identified as a captured mustang. If someone was to release their mustang back into the wild the BLM would see it and recapture it.
    -When a stallion is removed from the wild, he is gelded immediately, which removes a lot of his natural behaviors that make a wild horse wild. The BLM has actually experimented (unfortunately) with capturing stallions, gelding them, and releasing them back into the wild and they often become "outcasts" in a way.

    There are several mustang rescues that have a lot of private property and have started a sanctuary where captured mustangs can be released into large open spaces and live free. For example, Skydog Sanctuary in Oregon owns 9,000+ acres and has about 200 mustangs. Many mustangs are given the opportunity to live "wild" again on these private sanctuaries, but they cannot be released back onto their native rangelands.

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