MELISSA FARLOW_MM7517_1200573.TIF
Mustangs gallop in a tight pack as hired contractors herd large numbers of horses into a trap chasing them with helicopters. Nearly panicked, they are tricked to follow a tame “Judas” horse let loose in the confusion. The trained horse runs along the jute fence and into a corral expecting food and the wild horses that follow are captured.
The Jackson Mountain Herd consists of mostly brown and dun colored horses. Most were dehydrated and hungry from drought conditions on Bureau of Land Management public lands in Nevada.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- Contained in galleries
- Mustangs: Spirit of the Shrinking West_National Geographic magazine 2/2009
