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Re: [RC] Wild Horses Letter in NY Times..on the mark - heidiI think that science tells us that horses were on this continent before man, dissapeared for what ever reason before the appearance of man and that man brought them back. Consequently, the horses running lose on public lands are in fact feral, since their ancestors were domestic. What people like Ryden do is distort science and say that since a version of the horse was here before man, the ones running lose now aren't feral. It's kinda like saying that the tabby cats that manage to survive after irresponsible people turn them lose in the wilderness aren't feral but natural because cougars are natural. The domestic horse and thus mustangs bear no more resemblance to the horse that origianally ran lose on north america than the tabby cat does to the cougar. Good analogy, Cathy. And another very telling bit of evidence that horses are indeed feral is the fact that you CAN capture them from the "wild" and have them become domestic once again. To put that in perspective, I doubt that ANY "Parelli-for-deer" program could enable you to turn a deer into a barnyard animal that is your best pal. "Wild" animals simply do not domesticate with the ease that feral horses do. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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