Equine Rescue

Update: The Adobe Town Wild Horses Arrive at Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

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Story and Photos by Carol Walker ~ Director of Field Documentation ~ Wild Horse Freedom Federation
as published on WildHoofBeats.com

“I am struck by how healthy all the horses look, and also by the wild beauty of the sanctuary.”

To Read Part One of this Tale Please Click (HERE)

We delayed the horses’ journey by one day due to bad weather but the horses set out Thursday, driven by veteran horse hauler Merle from Canon City. I headed up earlier in the day so I could meet them when they arrived.

They were unloaded into a pen that they could get settled into, complete with a huge bale of gorgeous hay. All four were calm and bright eyed despite their 7 hour journey from Colorado. It was about ten degrees with wind chill, and I was happy that they had thick coats adapted to cold weather. I texted Manda Kalimian, who has been eagerly waiting to hear that her horses have arrived. I am so very grateful to Manda and her organization, the Cana Project, formerly The Seraphim 12 Foundation. http://canaprojects.org/ She believed me when I told her how special these horses were, was optimistic and certain that we could save them, and she bought these horses and made sure that they would have a wonderful home to live out their lives together in peace.

I stayed well back from the fence so they were not disturbed, and watched them for about an hour until the light disappeared. They all dived into the hay eagerly, so I felt encouraged that they would do well that night. Snowfall and Diamond Girl are both much thinner than when they were in the wild, but I feel certain that they will put on weight soon with all that beautiful hay…(CONTINUED)

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  1. They are stunningly beautiful, and look ohhh so healthy……I am familiar with Datton Hyde , am I understanding that this is his Santuary?????? and these LOVELY mustangs now belong to him///////???????? i understand these are older Mustangs, they dont look it at all ,How wonderful and Heartwarming they are now safe !!!!!!!! Thank You to all the wonderful people who made this happen for those beauties !!!!!! Thank You Carol, for everything you do !!!! I an sure that Sleep came warm and beautiful last nite …………………….

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  2. What a wonderful story!……and Thank God for this Sanctuary and Dayton Hyde who clearly loves the Mustangs. Thank you Carol Walker….

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  4. Seven Sacred Horses——
    I grew up in the Black Hills and just out side of Lead , there is a santtuary, this last August I was back their and drove to the enttance, the name Pathways led me to believe it was maybe a couples retreat, so we did not go in. Later when I got home I looked it up on the internet—now I could kick myself for not going in—something for this summer now. http://www.pathwaysspiritualsanctuary.org/7sacredhorses.html

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  5. Beautiful horses, Thank you all for what you do for God’s amazing creatures! So glad they are safe and as free as they can be!

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  7. I wish there were more sanctuaries where people who can’t actually keep a horse where they live could purchase one from BLM and keep at the sanctuary. Or I wish the BLM would allow an adopt in place program for people to symbolically adopt a wild horse or burro to stay on it’s designated herd management area. That would certainly be a win-win situation for the equines.

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    • That would be a wonderful idea, Vickie, especially an adopt in place program for the horses and/or burros to live out their lives as nature intended. Removing them from the wild is wrong, but thankfully for the sanctuaries their given a second chance. Thank you Carol for all the coverage and support and to Dayton Hyde for providing them protection.

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      • Yes, Deb Coffey … where they belong and have the legal right to be.
        I believe the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act to PROTECT them was the first unanimously past Congressional Law?

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  8. Dear GG , yes it was the decision was based on their Protection and Preservation,Congress realized their importance and wanted them to have the highest amount of protection…Congress did their research and confirmed this to be fact !!!!! it was unanimous decision by a very smart group ……………………………

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