Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Oct 14, 2023

The #TeddyRoosevelt horses have roamed the badlands for centuries, and many believe they are descendants of #SittingBull 's horses and related to the rare #Nokota breed. They are a significant part of the historical and natural #heritage of the park, but the NPS' proposed plan threatens to wipe them out.

During the scoping period, 19,000 public comments were submitted, with the majority calling on the #NPS to maintain a genetically viable herd of at least 150 horses in the #TRNP –

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Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Aug 5, 2023

- If “new blood” needs to be brought into the herd, introduce horses who are historically significant to the TRNP and prioritize the #Nokota horses.  A 2018 study from Texas A&M found that the historic herd is at risk of inbreeding and recommended introducing new mares and changing removal strategies to preserve genetics and lineages.

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Aug 5, 2023

HALT THE HELICOPTERS

The fate of the only wild horse herd left in #NorthDakota is in jeopardy. The #TheodoreRooseveltNationalPark is home to a historic herd of 180 wild horses who are believed to be descendants of #SittingBull 's horses and are related to the rare #Nokota breed – but the #NationalParkService (NPS) has made clear that they want to eliminate the entire #herd .

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https://americanwildhorsecampaign.org/media/act-now-national-park-service-targets-north-dakotas-wild-horse-herd

ACT NOW: National Park Service Targets North Dakota’s Wild Horse Herd

The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public comments on a Scoping Notice for a Management Plan for the wild horses and longhorn cattle in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) that could decimate North Dakota’s only wild horse herd.  Currently, the 180 horses who reside in the TRNP are managed by a 1978 Environment Assessment.  

American Wild Horse Campaign