Mustang of the Month to Sponsor | Cisco Tourists visiting the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary frequently comment about a handsome bay gelding that stands a few hands higher than the other mustangs in his band. “That’s Cisco, our gentle giant,” we tell them. The Gentle Giant is our Mustang of the Month to Sponsor for April. Eleventh Hour Reprieve - Our gentle giant almost never made it beyond a BLM auction, because a feedlot buyer purchased Cisco for slaughter. Cisco owes his life to a caring person, Celine Meyers, founder of Duchess Sanctuary and Ark Watch Foundation, who came and purchased Cisco the day before Cisco was scheduled to be loaded on a truck and sent to a Canadian slaughterhouse. Celine sent a plea to Susan Watt, director of the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, to adopt Cisco. The 1,600 pound seven year old arrived at his forever home in 2012. Not much is known of Cisco’s past. His auction paperwork says he was rounded up by the BLM from the Owyhee Wilderness Study area on the Oregon/Nevada border. There is speculation that he was used as a bucking horse, but if he was there’s good chance he wasn’t mean enough to remain a bucking horse. Cisco’s gentle nature can easily be seen with his behavior towards the other horses in his band. To sponsor Cisco - please go to: wildmustangs/#!mustang-of-the-month-cisco/c11n9 Photo JM 2014
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 03:53:15 +0000
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