{"id":81810,"date":"2025-11-12T18:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=81810"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:53:48","slug":"its-true-we-have-a-new-foal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=81810","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s true \u2014 we have a new foal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s true \u2014 we have a new foal!<\/p>\n<p>Some couldn\u2019t wait to post him\u2026 but no one knows what it took to give this little guy a real chance at life.<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t believe what happened! Watch Video Part 1 to see the story unfold. Share if you care, and help us thank our SRWHMG team \u2014 and the amazing photographers \u2014 who helped to make the impossible possible.<\/p>\n<p>A huge thanks to everyone who kept his existence close to heart, giving him the time and space to bond with his rightful mommy, Moonshadow, before the whole world wanted to meet him.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s just 2 weeks old today and thriving! All the heartfelt wishes in the world for this little miracle.<br \/>\n\u2014 SRWHMG<\/p>\n<p>Pics by Karen, Smiles and Patty R, video Randi Najac, editing\/narration Simone Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F2417604865304411%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because we are editing part 2 of the story, \u2026 in the mean time, why don\u2019t we ask you, the public, for your opinion?<\/p>\n<p>In Part 1, you saw the situation unfold:<\/p>\n<p>The brand new foal was found with the wrong mare \u2014 in fact his great-grandmother, Ms. SF \u2014 while his real mom, Moonshadow, was too intimidated to stand up to her, because she is lower in rank.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. SF really did think this was her foal, and she took great care of him, but she didn\u2019t have milk\u2026 and without colostrum, without intervention, this little colt, (our one and only at the moment), would have very slowly withered away.<\/p>\n<p>As most of you know we intervene quite a bit in this herd, by darting the mares with fertility control. Since 2018 we have prevented at least 600 to 700 foals from being born. (We used to have more than 100 foals per year). Plus we also have to deal with the heavy mountain lion predation,<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s our question to you:<\/p>\n<p>In a situation like this, knowing the foal would not survive on his own\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Should we have let nature take its course?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you already know we did no such thing \u2014 we stepped in. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019d truly love to hear how you feel, and why.<\/p>\n<p>Your thoughts and compassion matter \u2014 after all, this is how the public helps shape the future of humane wild horse management.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures by Randi Najac, one of the supportive photographers we are very grateful for!<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1134926258813898%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some couldn\u2019t wait to post him\u2026 but no one knows what it took to give this little guy a real chance at life.","protected":false},"author":675,"featured_media":81811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It\u2019s true \u2014 we have a new foal! 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