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16-AUG-2011

Red making mud.

He was the "Outcast Stallion' featured in Sunday evening's program on National Geographic TV called "Untamed Americas". He is still alive and doing well since the production was filmed last summer.

Here, he paws at a dirty waterhole. A behavior all of the horses exhibit when the water is nasty and less than clear.

White scars along his neck and side are what remains of some very nasty wounds inflicted when he lost his harem last spring.

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D.B. Young18-Apr-2015 21:08
This stalliom (Red) is one of the oldest males on the range. He and only a few other males still have the BLM brand on their neck from a roundup conducted in 2002. (The brand is coded to show the year of capture and release and the area where the stallion was caught). Many of the older mares still have this brand on their necks, I think they might live longer than an active (ie fighting male).

Since the year 2002, there have been two roundups where the BLM rounded up all of the horses, Many of the mares were branded on the left rear hip but none of the males.

A recent roundup of the mustangs conducted in 2012 or 2013, the mares were treated with birth control in an effort to reduce future population growth. Those mares were branded on the left hip also, a brand that is visible today.

Not only is the BLM trying to control population growth, They also are making an effort to maintain a variety of color in the wild herd along with keeping the herd healthy.
Guest 13-Jun-2012 21:57
Has he been freeze branded? Love your wild horse gallery!
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