Fox the Alpine Mare's Story:
Fox has one of the most harrowing stories of all of our Alpine Wild Horses. She and her young colt were auctioned on July 15, 2024 in an online Rail Lazy H auction.
Though the contractor herself was bidding against us, we narrowly won the bid and secured Fox and her baby!
Since Rail Lazy H does not allow anyone onto their property where these horses are held, when it came time to pick them up, they were transported to the local fairgrounds. We were told that somewhere during the loading and unloading process Fox trampled her own baby.
If you have spent any time around wild horse mares with babies, you know that they are extremely careful of their young, unless they are extremely terrified due to their external circumstances. It is likely that they were pushing the horses so aggressively that they were extremely terrified and worked up!
The contractor informed me that they had to put the foal down. This is not the first death by the hands of Rail Lazy H, and it probably won’t be the last.
When our transporter arrived, Fox was still whinnying and looking for her baby boy… a heart wrenching sight!
Fox arrived home to Nirvana on July 20, 2024.
When we let her out with the rest of our Alpines, Bear started whinnying for her, and she quickly made her way over to him. They greeted each other with joyful nickers and loving remembrance of the life they shared together in the wild. They have remained together within our Alpine herd ever since!!
We are so grateful to have been able to give Fox her family back to comfort her after the loss of her foal.