I am not sure how many of you have been following the plight of the American Wild Mustangs but 33,000 of them just got a temporary reprieve on their death sentence. Sounds like they mismanage their wildies down south even worse than we do. WHOAS, The Wild Horses of Alberta Society, have been reporting on [...]

A New Zealand study on wild horses has revealed that breeding specifically for a filly or a colt may be more than just a 50-50 chance for horse breeders. In a six-year long study funded by the Department of Conservation, researchers Elissa Cameron and Wayne Linklater found that it was the change in condition of [...]

There are some pretty scenes in this film made for Radio-Canada.ca. Doreen and Bob Henderson who work tirelessly in their endeavour to preserve the wild horses are featured in the movie. The audio is in French but it is quite enjoyable for the graphics and overall quite understandable.

I had the incredible experience of going out west with Bob & Doreen Henderson last weekend to watch and photograph wild horses. If you love horses it is a thrill like no other. Many of my photos are a blur because of my excitement and the vibration from my pounding heart. We were blessed with [...]

  The trapping season is now on for the Wild Horses in the west country. I’ve only heard of one horror story so far about the government licensed horse trapping but even more worrisome is the number of wild horses that are being shot. There is no government endorsed season for shooting horses. But since [...]

Thank you for your comments regarding horses in the west country. The horses you refer to are introduced species and are not indigenous to the area. It’s believed that these horses originated from domestic stock in the early 1900s during logging and mining operations in the area. There have also been cases where domestic horses [...]

The three-week-old foal struggled hard against the current to keep up abreast his mom and family herd that were making the perilous journey across the Red Deer River. The water was running high and icy-cold the rapids merciless battered against the tiny horse. The foal being too young and weak was unable to keep swimming [...]