Wild Horses of Skydog Blue Zeus and Families |
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| Author:
| Staples, Clare |
| Photographer:
| Baldanza, Jamie
Rymers, Steve |
| ISBN: | 978-1-64601-213-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2024 |
| Publisher: | Trafalgar Square Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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A searingly beautiful tribute to wild Mustang family groups thathave been reunited after suffering roundup and separation in the American West.
SkydogRanch and Sanctuary covers over 9,000 acres in Malibu,California, and Bend, Oregon, where wild horse advocates are workingtirelessly to save captured Mustangs and return them to freedom. To dateSkydog has rescued...
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A searingly beautiful tribute to wild Mustang family groups thathave been reunited after suffering roundup and separation in the American West.
SkydogRanch and Sanctuary covers over 9,000 acres in Malibu,California, and Bend, Oregon, where wild horse advocates are workingtirelessly to save captured Mustangs and return them to freedom. To dateSkydog has rescued over 300 wild horses and 50 donkeys and mules,with a special focus on finding and reuniting bonded families who may haveonce roamed the American West together but who were separated duringthe roundup process.
In this striking book,gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of dramatic photographs,Skydog founder Clare Staples recounts heartbreaking tales of libertylost and the dramatic extents to which some Mustangs will go to fleecaptivity or rejoin their family bands. She describes the mission thatdrives her and the Skydog team to identify and locate iconic wildhorses that have been removed from public lands, and then securethem in order to assure them freedom at the Sanctuary for theirremaining years--whenever possible, in the company of their original wildherdmates.
Readers meettwenty-one horse families, including that of Blue Zeus, the stunningWyoming stallion who Staples admired in the wild for years before, inthe fall of 2020, his herd was slated for roundup and captured, in one daylosing both their freedom and each other. The story of theurgent search for him and his mares and foals, and their eventual reunionin the hills of Oregon, encapsulates all that Skydog hopes toaccomplish for hundreds more horses in the years ahead.Incredibly moving, inspiring, and offering the hope of wildness andbeauty preserved for future generations, this book is for every animallover and all those who honor the natural inhabitants of the American West.
A percentage of allsales goes toward supporting Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary.