The Forgotten Horses

For her Girl Scout Gold Award, Krysta Rutherford has produced a beautifully edited and extensively researched film that looks into the present status of the Colonial Spanish mustang in North America. Her project mainly focuses on breeders and advocates who are working to preserve the different strains of Colonial Spanish horses by promoting the breed’s versatility, athleticism, and kind nature.

The main purpose of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund is to keep the Banker horses wild and free in their native habitat. We do this by controlled breeding through the use of non-hormonal contraception, education, habitat preservation, and breed advocacy. One of our goals is to establish a science-based captive breeding program that will be the foundation of a genetically stable population of Banker horses in captivity.

We applaud the hard work these domestic breeders have put into promoting and preserving the Colonial Spanish breed. The objective of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund is to maintain, as closely as possible, the characteristics that make the Banker horses of North Carolina unique. They are some of the last wild Colonial Spanish mustangs left in the world, and their wild status is a big part of what makes them so special.

Learn more about Krysta’s project. 

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The views and opinions expressed in this film are those of the filmmakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the current management of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.