Cody Band

Lucky, lucky us....Cody and his little band are just off the road and do not seem to flighty. We get out briefly and snap a few shots of this roan's gorgeous family band.

Cody's new adittion, Goldie,  the palomino three year old filly from Tuscarora's band, she seems to be getting along great!

... she has buddied up with Chikala, from Tashunka's band. She is a 2 year old Cody stole last year. These two seem to be the best of friends. It is great to see.

Cody's mare who stripe goes right we call Hope. She was a little lame today and was taking it easy with her new 2012 filly, Question. Look how healthy they look going into winter!

The mare whos stripe goes left is Cosima. She is tightly bonded with her 3 (?...maybe 2) year old filly, Rosie. Thank goodness Aleta has the horses all organized on a spread sheet. There are too many horses here for one person to remember.
 Do they look alike or what?

Cody did a pass by us to check out the new breed of mustanger..." us"... the modern day wild horse advocate... people who admire their beauty, grace, pride and family structure. We do not believe in helicopter round ups. These horses would be easy to bait trap if some needed removing. PZP has been effective here and people are willing to continue to do this.

We should be working toward making this a National Wild Horse Preserve, but I think other people (not many, but they have strong voices) have other plans for our friends ... like removing 200 by helicopter September 2013 (not confirmed).

Let's work towards more humane management here and work together to Preserve our herd! Please email jwfox@blm.gov. He is the man in charge of the next "gather". Please be nice! Tell him we would like to work together to make sure these Colorado wild horses are saved for generations to come!




 

Tuscarora's Band

It's always nice to see the grey band stallion, Tuscarora, and his band of mares and fillies.

This is a shy band. Here they all are minus Tuscarora.

One of the two 2011 fillies, Tasca. She was born after her sister.  She hides behind her elegant dam, Talia.

In my opinion Talia is one of the most beautiful mares on the range. Here she is showing off her filly. Talia did not have a foal last year.

Here is the older of the 2011 fillies, Arctic. Isn't she a beaut? She was born early this spring and has turned into a leggy palomino.

The palo missing the ear tip is the dark mare's (Gaia) 2009 filly. I think she was born during that winter, but can't confirm. We had an usual amount of foals in 2009 because of the Oct 2008 round up. This disrupted the social structure of the herd. We know better now and there is no need to destroy family bands...it is cruel and inhumane. Hopefully the HSUS (The Humane Society of the United States) will help the horses. They are out there doing a 5 year PZP study which ends next year. We can only hope they are doing something to help these mustangs!

Tuscarora's mares...Talia and Gaia.

Tuscarora....Long May He Run!