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| Tripod ...named by a HSUS intern who discovered this colt from Corona's band as a newborn severely injured at a waterhole. She got the BLM and a vet to come out, but Corona came and got him. He has been a bachelor since fall of 2010. He seemed to be doing well this summer...often seen roaming and playing with other bachelors. |
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| My friend and I decided to go up to 7 mile ridge on this day, Sunday, January 14. We drove quite a ways and only saw one mustang...Tripod, the coming three year old colt of Corona and Cheyenne. Tripod has been injured almost since the day he was born. He has a deformed hock (broken?) that has caused him to be lame and walk on top of the injured leg's foot. Today it looks worse. |
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| Here is a close up of the hock, which is bleeding. Tripod is still walking, but he is all alone and seems to look at us for help. In the two and a half years I have been documenting this herd there has only three horses that I thought had serious enough injuries to contact the BLM. This is one of them. I believe he is suffering. I thought hard about posting this so soon after Greasewood's death. I don't want people to get the wrong idea. In this great herd of 270 (Plus or minus) wild horses I would say 90% are thriving. There are always scrapes and bruises (especially among stallions), but all and all the mustangs are incredibly tough. That's what makes them mustangs. They are in a category by themselves...not really wild animals nor are they livestock or domesticated pets. They need to be treated as such. I am not searching out these ailing individuals, but they seem to come to me (us) when they need our help. Especially the more tolerant ones. In future world we could have baiting corrals for situations like this. For now the BLM will do its best to help this guy. In this case Nature might have to take her course as 7 mile might be snowed in ... This makes me more determined then ever to get a non profit going to help these last remaining Colorado free roaming mustangs.. All said I have given up on this underdog horse before and he has proved me wrong. I only hope for him the best. I also hope we are learning as we go. Baiting Corrals. Nancy |
9 comments:
That doesn't look good. Tripod's hock has always been swollen, but it looks like he's done something new to it.
I am always amazed at how rarely these horses actually do get hurt. When you consider the terrain they cover, the junk that's out there, conflicts between horses, and the normal stuff like sagebrush that they can get hurt on you'd think they would get torn up all the time. I agree it's time to call about Tripod.
That is horrible! I hope he recovers, he is a beautiful stallion. When he walks does his hock rub up against the other? That could cause the bleeding and swelling
Nancy, He has always been our miracle boy. From all of your reports his ability to thrive has always astonished me. As he gets older, because he is normal in every other way, we know that there will be a frustrating out come. I agree do what you think is necessary. I also agree and I wish they could develop baiting corrals for situations such as these. Ive never seen such an injury so I cant even guess whats going on in that hock. I think the BLM will probably investigate it if Davy G. was any example. I'm so glad the BLM is on top of these things and working with you on it. It is a mercy for all involved, especially the horses. ~ Linda
This looks bad. Looks like quite a bit of bleeding. Him being all alone all the time is interesting, but there's a lot we have to learn about animals. I hope the BLM will do something for him and I agree that the baiting corrals would be nice to have for emergencies like these. Thanks for watching out of these amazing animals. Lethie
Any news on Tripod? Been thinking about him a lot.
The BLM decided they do not have the means to deal with this...We have some local vets that would like to help, but not without the BLM OK. Hopefully we will get our non profit going (The SWBWH Club) and maybe we could help in situations like this. If you would like to pursue this please contact the BLM.
Thanks for ur response. I will email the Sandwash Basin BLM office.
I sent an email to the local BLM field office asking that they allow the local vets to help Tripod. I also reminded them that good PR wouldn't hurt their reputation either. I got an auto response saying that they would contact me regarding my email within three days. I'll let you know what their response is.
Any news yet? I hate to think he is suffering. If there is anything i can do from Texas, let me know.
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