Essay On Wild Horses

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INTRODUCTION
There is a current issue in the United States regarding the country’s population of wild horses on public lands. There is simply too many of these horses and they undoubtedly need a place to go. The issues regarding over populated herds, which results to them being placed in holding pens, and then waiting in these pens to be removed and adopted will be discussed in detail in the following report. These unique creatures are wild, which is part of the problem on why they are not being adopted right after they get relocated to the holding pens once taken from the range. As a horse lover, I can understand why ranchers or other horse loving people would rather buy a horse that isn’t wild, but they should be considered for adoption based on the fact that there is documented proof showing that these wild horses can be trained and can perform at the same caliber as bred horses. Ben Masters proved this on his iconic film, Unbranded, by riding only wild horses through the west.
BACKGROUND
As most farmers, ranchers, government officials, and environmentalists know, wild horses have been roaming …show more content…

By the production of the Unbranded film, there is visual proof that wild horses can be made useful. In reality, wild horses are extremely tough. Think about it, they have learned to survive on their own out in the wild in the harshest weather, toughest terrain, and in dangerous situations. Joe Camp author of The Soul of a Horse, does an excellent job of guiding readers through how to put their domesticated horses back into a lifestyle that they are familiar with. So what’s wrong with them? The answer that they can’t be trained is invalid. Wild horses can be trained like any other horse that needs to be broken, it just has to be done right and with time. Yes, it will take time to break a wild horse, just like it takes time to break any horse, but the results are worth

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