As someone who has worked in the horse business as a
breeder, trainer, competitor, packer and all-around horse-lover all
my life, I still have very little patience with those who would
place the welfare of the mythical “wild horses” of
North America above the needs of wildlife and the health of our
public lands. Try as they might, wild horse enthusiasts can’t
turn these feral equines into true wildlife. Like it or not, they
are, in fact, descendants of escaped farm animals.
Veronica Egan
Mancos,
Colorado
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Born to be feral.
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