The Mustang Dilemma -- an Introduction

As early as the 1900s, two million horses roamed wild in North America. But that time exists only in the pages of our history books. Progress has reduced the mustang's range today, replacing grassland with farms, ranches, roads and cities. The remaining mustangs run now through publicly owned lands and on private sanctuaries set aside for them - small corners of the range they once reigned.

In this section of the Web site you can examine the dilemma man, and horse alike, face in today's changing world. Topics examined in this section include:

• The Mustang Dilemma As open spaces dwindle so do the places where horses can run free.	• Fragile Ecological Checks and Balances When populations of wildlife, wild horses, wild burros, or domestic livestock exceed the capabilities of their habitat, the environment begins to decline, and there is no longer a thriving natural ecological balance.
• Wild Horses and Urbanization The wild horses of the desert find themselves living in the suburbs.

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