I have been out to the Onaqui mustangs several times since the roundup but haven’t felt like posting images. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad we have some horses to photograph but not being able to photograph some of my favorite families has been heart-breaking…  Many of the released horses are pairing up in very small groups and remaining in the mountains.  They feel safe from helicopters there.  Over the years when Blackhawk helicopters from Dugway were flying low over the herd they would head straight to the mountains.

The good news is that there are horses to photograph. The bad news is that very few of the “families” that were together pre-roundup were released back. I am hoping that new family bonds will start to evolve, but the horses are so spread out that it might be hard for that to occur. It is difficult to try and rationalize how/why the BLM would to this to our magnificent wild horses. The BLM continues with their “emergency roundups” throughout the West. The wild horse populations will never be the same.

Anyway, here are some images of the remaining herd. I hope to post more in the future…..