![]() ![]() Their fate over the following decades is pursued. The fight to save America’s mustangs begins in the 50’s when Velma Johnson encounters her first wild horses taken from the range for slaughter. But now they are under attack from notably farmers and ranchers who see them as threats to their livelihood. Mustangs have thrived in the West, from the Yukon to the tip of South America on and off for thousands of generations. It offers a thorough, detailed view of the issues surrounding these creatures: their habitat, their way of life, their physiology and group dynamics, as well as and their perilous existence alongside man. Wild at Heart sweeps the young reader onto the range and into the heart of the bands of these stunning yet endangered horses of the west. Since 1971, over 300,000 mustangs have been rounded up and removed from the west. The river chuckles against its banks, and red-winged blackbirds sing as if they are happy to share the sunrise with the mustangs.Īmerica’s mustangs are disappearing. When she feeds the chickens as the sun comes up, she glimpses wild horses drinking from the nearby Truckee River. they graze on the range that stretches flat and brown-green outside the gates of her family’s ranch. She sees them in the cool mornings when she gets up. Velma knows that wild horses feel safest in the half-light. Shadows darken the Nevada hilltops, spill down their sides and press against the bedroom window where ten-year-old Velma stands watching the mustangs. Themes: wild horses and burros, endangered species, mustangs, conservationĭusk sneaks over the Bronn ranch. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt Publishing, 2015 ![]() This is a book I will introduce to my east coast students to help them appreciate the incredible species diversity in this nation, a diversity we must actively protect. This is a book of passion and courage a book championing, as I often do on my blog, the rights of other species with whom we share our planet. I know, I know, I promised you interviews on Tuesdays and here I come with a book review. ![]()
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