Are there any wild horses left?

Question

In all the wildlife channels, I have never come accross a program where they show horses in their natural habitat. Do we still have some wild horses left, or is it that all are domesticated, and subjected to captive breeding?

Answer 1

Yes, in some parts of the western U.S., there are still some running around.

Answer 2

There is still a wild string that runs through the Back Bay Wildlife Refuge in eastern Virginia. These horses are decendants of the horses brought over from the spanish . They were not always wild.

Answer 3

Sure, there are plenty of "wild" horses left in the united states. "Wild" Burros too. People need to understand that horses and burros were NOT native to the americas. The horses you see today running free in places like canada, nevada, and even parts of northern arizona, are descendants of the horses that escaped from the spanish almost 500 years ago. They are an EXOTIC species, kinda like magpies, brown trout, tumbleweeds, smallpox, and thistles. So when you wonder why you don't see wild horses everywhere you go, it's because they aren't really supposed to be here in the first place. Their natural habitat is not Assateague island or the great basin. Truly wild equines are the burros and zebras of africa, and the tarpans and przewalski horses of asia. Believe me, I love mustangs.My four year old gelding Jack was caught as a colt on the rez north of where we live here in az. He is an amazing animal. I feel that mustangs should have a future here in the americas, but it needs to be a managed future.

Answer 4

Yes there are wild horses left, but their numbers are declining.

Wild horses are found in a number of western states and on several islands off the east coasts of both Canada and the United States.

Our wild horses are not yet threatened, but, as usual, we are encroaching on their habitats. The horses are protected by law, but if developers decide they want the horses' land, we will have a problem.

Answer 5

sure, we've wild horses left around the international. There are Brumbies in Australia and Mustangs interior the U. S. and Canada. i comprehend there are extra in Europe besides yet i could desire to say sorry by way of fact i do no longer easily comprehend what breed they're and the place they're placed. There are Chincoteague Ponies on Assateauge Island, Sable Island Ponies on Sable Island and Mustangs in many of the Western States and in Northern Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. There are lots of of Mustangs close to my dad's domicile, i like going out for an afternoon out and seeing them.

Answer 6

In some parts of deserted states..there are still a few wild horses..we just don't see them..because of course, they're wild and it's very unlikely these mustangs can become domesticated.

Answer 7

Yes, in Assateague and Chincoteague both in Virginia-I believe they are National Park areas and each year they hold events where they 'swim' the horses off of the island (I don't know if one or both are islands). Anyway, I do know there are campgrounds in that area where people go to see the wild horses in their habitat.

Answer 8

NEVADA IS WILD HORSE COUNTRY.

I live in Nevada and we have herds of wild horses everywhere. I live on the edge of the city of Reno in Northern Nevada and a herd of 8 wild horses used to stroll through my yard every week. They used to cut through to get to the next street and one day we found out why. They would go to one of the yards that had a young (5 yrs old) maple tree and we saw them ********* it clean. They eat the leaves and the tiny branches off the tree. This is a feast for the wild horses and much better than the sage and wild brush in the desert.

Here in Northern Nevada you can see wild horses every day. Mostly locations like Carson City, Moundhouse, Dayton, Silver Springs, Reno, and other surrounding areas. Mostly they stay on the BLM land but sometimes they do come into the towns.

The Bureau Of Land Management rounds up so many herds a year, corrals them near pyramid lake in pens and then they have auctions to sell them off to people who want horses and want to pay for them. They are sold for real low prices since they are wild and need lots of time to domesticate and break to ride. Large groups of people come to these auctions hoping to get one horse or many.
Personally, it make me mad. These are the last of the truly wild horses in the US and we treat them badly and sell them like they are unimportant. Since they reside on BLM land they are owned by the BLM and they can do as they please with them.
Their argument is that these horses are starving since we have had a drought the last 10 years. They drop hay from helicopers in winter to help feed the horses and they don't like the cost of this program so they round them up and sell them. Their attitude is let someone else feed them.

I feel that these wild horses have lived in the West for hundreds of years and have survived. They will continue to survive if left alone. Man is there biggest danger and now you can see why. I love seeing the wild horse herds running free and I think all Americans should try to protect these Magestic Animals.

Answer 9

I do believe there are still wild horses on Asitique Island. It is off the east coast of the US near the Carolinas.

Answer 10

the original wild horse species is native to Eurasia, and never existed in the Americas, the horses in these continents are descendants of horses brought by the Spanish.
Original wild horse herds still exist in Mongolia