By Andrea Wogsland | Development Director
Thank you for your generous support to Return to Freedom for the continued care for the Gila herd. We would like to share this update, Video Field Report: RTF Relocates the Gila Herd, with you chronicling their relocation to a new leased property--we hope you enjoy it!
With gratitude,
All of us at RTF
About the Gila Herd
The horses were originally captured from Federal land in Arizona in 2003. At this time, the only horses still free ranging in Arizona from this herd are on Maricopa tribal lands and are intermingled with other breeds. These horses carry a history believed to stretch from wooden ships and Jesuit missionary Padre Eusebio Kino’s 17th century arrival in Arizona through a wild herd that lived in relative isolation in Arizona, was captured by the government after conflicts with ranchers, and was taken to a sanctuary in South Dakota that later fell on troubled times. In shades of earth and charcoal, striped legs and dorsal stripes, they look as though they’ve walked out of a cave painting, draped in the mystery of the ancient past. In February 2017, in an effort to maintain this herd intact and to reorganize the herd now made of 13 generations, RTF was asked to take 112 Gila horses (including pregnant mares). Thank you for joining us in the next chapter of their story.
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