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The difficulty with steeds on Cumberland Island – WABE
A minimum of 150 feral steeds stroll Cumberland Island National Seaside. Traveler websites highlight them. Site visitors seek them out for images. Artists commemorate them in paints. The mix of island aura as well as horse charm is difficult to withstand. Yet Cumberlands steeds are not widely accepted. Actually, Athens-based Lawyer Hal Wright has a message most of the islands equine lovers dont wish to listen to: Cumberland misbehaves for steeds as well as steeds misbehave for Cumberland. Wright stands for the steeds on Cumberland, the Georgia Horse Rescue Organization, the Georgia Steed Council as well as Cumberland resident Carol Ruckdeschel on whose part he sent out a need letter…
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Santa Cruz Island horses saved from extinction
On a misty morning in Hidden Valley, a lone rider mounted a small horse and entered an area nestled beneath an oak-studded hillside. Calm, affected person and sure-footed, Cochise, a 19-year-old gelding, adopted instructions with ease as his rider Hayley Pelton prompted him by way of a sequence of obstacles. It is a relationship with out phrases, stated Christy Reich, El Campeon ranch supervisor. Horses are widespread within the equestrian enclave of Hidden Valley, an unincorporated group simply south of the Conejo Valley, however Cochise, although small in stature, stands out amongst his neighbors on account of his rarity. The animal is one among round 60 Santa Cruz Island horses…
