When I first started out there in 2003, there were 21. They have a vet and a
farrier. The maintenance team feed them a senior horse diet and apples and
carrots. They are well retired!
Calm Seas,
Catherine French
Writer, mentor, naturalist
805.570.0432
We are given only so many days, make each one count.
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On Mar 8, 2020, at 1:22 PM, Dan Wakelee <dan.wakelee@xxxxxxx> wrote:
They are “retired” from the ranch there. The park agreed to let them live
out their lives on the island after ranching and hunting operations ended
there. They are 35+ years old. When I first started going out there
regularly in about 2011 there were 13 horses, these are the last two from the
ranch.
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On Mar 8, 2020, at 9:46 AM, HAL ALTMAN <nymeetsca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Horses on Santa Rosa? HAL
On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 8:11 AM Tara Brown <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Beautiful day with light showers and a rainbow on the Island Adventure and
Santa Rosa Island
2 Humpbacks
2 Juvenile Grays
Pacific White Sides Dolphin
Off-Shore Bottlenose Dolphin
Common Dolphin
2 Horses on Santa Rosa Island
No Island Fox spotted, but lots of scat
The Coreopsis, Lupine, Indian Paintbrush, and Sand Verbena are in full
bloom.
Tara
