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WHY WE WORK TO PROTECT
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We occasionally get asked "why bother" with respect to the apparently never ending battles with the Nevada Department of Agriculture and other agencies over wild horses. Here's why.
A volunteer spotted one of the bands that we keep tabs on so I went out to check them. In this instance we wanted to check the condition of a foal as well as check on a weanling filly that had gotten caught in a fence and separated from her band the week before. The band had just finished drinking and "Sentinel," the stallion, was driving his band up into the hills and away from another stallion's territory. The horses found a nice grazing spot. Being familiar with this band I was able to walk among them so long as I stayed quiet, so I found a nice rock to sit upon and took a number of photos. Pretty soon I was encircled by horses who were content to have me among them so long as I minded my manners. Sentinel, however, always grazed about 6 feet from me - close enough to capably intervene should I do anything that he perceived threatened his band. A few bolder horses gave me gentle pokes with their noses. I could have stayed there all afternoon but I had other things to do. When I left, Sentinel sniffed at my tracks, then went and "inspected" each one of the horses that had visited me. Sentinel (right) driving the band away from "Bubba's" territory.
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