Grabbing a Bite with Josh

By Debra Rothrock

In July 2016, I captured Josh and his mom back towards the maritime forest in Swan Beach, NC. Josh is no longer a newborn but lives with his mother for about a year. He still nurses from her. His distinctive white marking on his forehead is a "tag" to tell him apart from the other wild horses. There are around 120 mustangs at any given time. One method used to keep these numbers is shooting the mother mares with contraceptive darts.