The authors share their experiences while studying and photographing wild horses in the American West. Includes information on their habits and behavior.

This stirring book fully justifies America's magnificent wild horses and burros while countering the biased machinations against them. Written by an ecologist who grew up observing these animals in the West, it presents new evidence concerning their history and evolution in North America then describes their many positive contributions to soils, plants, animals and people. Though true restorers of this continent's ecosystem, they have been unfairly targeted for elimination. Over the centuries, they have borne our burdens and helped us along life's way--which makes it doubly unfair that they should be blamed for what we humans have done. As always, they stand ready to help us do the hard work now so desperately needed to restore our shared home. Many of the author's personal experiences with these animals, their diverse herd areas, and the multicolored people involved with them are herein vividly shared. Urgently required now at the 40th anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act is a strategy to reverse the negative schemes that are causing their demise in the wild. As described, Reserve Design provides a way for establishing self-stabilizing populations through intelligent and caring programs executed with enthusiasm. Their lesson for humanity concerns how to share freedom and the land with such paragons of nature. Soaring beyond mundane pettiness and with an inspired vision for the future of all life, the elevated perspective and compassionate spirit of this book will prove key to accomplishing its critical goal. In the wild the vigor of any kind is preserved. And the entire horse family--as the Earth itself--needs America's wild horses and burros to continue at vital levels into the future here in their evolutionary cradle and worldwide.

Examines the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of wild horses.

Discusses The History Of American Wild Horses, What They Look Like, And Facts About Owning One.

"Following the release of her remarkable book Shelter Dogs and Street Dogs, photographer Traer Scott traveled around the United States and Puerto Rico to capture extraordinary and unforgettable images of wild horses in sanctuaries and running free. In this new book, Scott focuses on the horses' current plight and the efforts of the individuals and groups trying to pretext them. Through more than 100 stunning and evocative black-and-white portraits and location photographs, she reveals the intelligent, caring, and protective nature of these wild hoses, and also relates the stories of their daily lives, and of their rescue and rehabilitation. This collection of images will appeal to anyone interested in horses and the welfare of all wild animals."--BOOK JACKET.