Wild Horses Released In
Storey County
Feb. 15 –
Thirty-seven wild mustangs that were being held by the State of
Nevada were released back into the wild today (see pictures
below). The horses had been picked up by the Nevada Department
of Agriculture because of complaints from area residents. The
state could no longer afford to feed the horses and their likely
fate was to end up in a slaughterhouse.
However, thanks
to the combined efforts of Lacy J. Dalton’s Let ‘em Run
Foundation, the Virginia Range Wildlife Protection Association,
Least Resistance Training Concepts, and the Nevada Department of
Agriculture the story has a happy ending. The aforementioned
groups approached Lance Gilman, the developer of the Tahoe-Reno
Industrial
Center, the world’s larges industrial center. He gladly agreed
to let the horses be released on the 102,000 acre industrial
complex. It was quite a Valentine’s present for the horses.
The horse were
released as family groups and quickly disappeared into the
distant hills. If this experimental release is successful, there
are plans to release more horses in the future. You can view
more pictures of the horse release by clicking on this Reno
Gazette Journal link:
RGJ Horse Pictures
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Three mustangs dash for
freedom at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center |
Jeanne Gribbin, President of
VRWPA, Susan Austin, Sarah Osborne, and Sarah's mother,
Becky Osborne |
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Another lucky mustang |
Off they go to their new
home on the Virginia Range |
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Lance Gilman, developer of the TRI
Industrial Center, Susan Austin, and Lacy J. Dalton of the Let 'em
Run Foundation |
Mike Holmes, Nevada Department of
Agriculture, being interviewed by Terry Russell of KOLO
Ch. 8. |
