Evidence indicates that wild horses have been living on the lower Salt River since well before the Tonto National Forest was created in 1902. It is believed that the herd is descended from the Spanish horses brought to Arizona by Read more…
The BLM works to place excess animals into private care through its Adoption and Sales Programs as well as successful partnerships with organizations across the nation. Many have found it personally challenging and rewarding to adopt or purchase a wild Read more…
Horses, donkeys and mules ingest sand as they eat from the ground or graze short pastures. Scrounging for tiny bits of hay or grain further increases the sand-to-forage ratio exponentially – accelerating the accumulation of sand. How do horses get Read more…
Sand colic is abdominal pain due to the ingestion of sand. While most horses inadvertently have some sand within their digestive system through their normal feeding habits, some horses are more prone to sand colic than others, even when sharing Read more…
level 20. Players have the chance to tame wild horses once they reach level 20, with the potential to get a horse with base speeds between 104% and 109% and up to Tier 5 horses can be captured in the Read more…
If, after fifteen minutes, the bleeding hasn’t stopped, or if it’s particularly profuse, you should contact your vet immediately. Serious bleeds, that result in a lot of blood loss, can be fatal. You should also speak to your vet if Read more…
Smithsonian Magazine calls the Virginia Range the number one site in the West to see wild horses. Easily accessible from Reno and Carson City to Silver Springs and Fernley, the Virginia Range habitat is home to an estimated 3,000 wild Read more…
Coastal hay is a type of Bermuda hay that has a reputation for increasing the risk of ileocecal impaction in horses. The belief that coastal hay causes impactions has been around for a long time, and in some cases might Read more…
“All the growers agree it’s an excellent horse forage and hay.” One of Tifton 85’s drawbacks is its relative lack of cold tolerance. For producers, bermudagrass is a warm-season, southern forage. “Tifton 85 has even less cold tolerance than some Read more…
Barb horse, known for possessing an atypical sport-horse conformation, is popularly considered as a North African breed. This breed is primarily used in developing most other horse breeds, especially raging stocks like Standardbred, Thoroughbred and American Quarter Horse. What are Read more…