![]() ![]() The photos relating to the text also makes your books extra special as you can see first hand the horses transition from wild ponies to kids ponies in a matter of weeks, only taking a little bit more time and patience to get them to the ridden stage (in your case only in a matter of weeks, which is incredible!) your books are so knowledgeable and so inspiring Kelly, please continue to share your knowledge. They have beautiful pictures and a lot of people can relate to them, which makes them so well read. They are so inspirational to young children and send awareness out for the beautiful animal with no voice. Kelly, your books are filled with great all-round knowledge about the wild horse 'fight or flight' instinct. Very inspiring, and I love all the adventures you went on and how you shared all of your experiences and what the horses taught you throughout the book❤️ - Rose The books are such good quality and great photos! Definitely something to pass down the family. I rate it 5 stars and would definitely recommend it to anybody - horsey and not horsey. Mustang Ride was a very inspiring book that sent out a very important message that you really can do anything with horses if you put your mind to it. Nothing seems about to change: the musters keep happening, wild Mustangs end up being held captive and good horses are wasting away in prison-like environments. ![]() The majority of these captive Mustangs will end their lives in the holding facilities - a far from ideal existence for these once-wild horses. Since then, over 5000 horses have been saved through this programme - but each year thousands more are captured, and supply continues to outnumber demand. In 2007, in a bid to raise public awareness and increase re-homing rates, the Mustang Heritage Foundation (MHF) launched the Extreme Mustang Makeover (EMM), a national training incentive very similar to our own Kaimanawa Stallion Challenges. Today, 35 years on, 50,000 wild horses are currently languishing in holding facilities across America, costing taxpayers US$80 million a year to feed and manage. Since 1971, when the United States Congress first recognised Mustangs as ‘living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West’, over 270,000 wild horses have been removed from the range despite the outrage of activists. Each year, excess wild Mustangs and Burros are mustered and - because of an anti-slaughter policy and a lack of people interested in re-homing them - are stockpiled in government holding facilities run by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). ![]() Once, an estimated two to seven million wild horses had roamed the West, but now only about 30,000 to 45,000 can be found on public lands. Join Kelly, Vicki and Amanda as they ride through the American wilderness on their most exciting and eventful journey yet. Can they tame their Mustangs in time for the Extreme Mustang Makeover? Having saved New Zealand's wild Kaimanawa horses, the Wilson sisters - Kelly, Vicki and Amanda - turn to the plight of America's wild Mustangs. Mustang Ride The adventures of the Wilson sisters in the American West.įrom the author of the bestselling books For the Love of Horses and Stallion Challenges comes a brand new adventure, this time in the cowboy country of the American West. ![]()
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