American Mustangs
A free-roaming horse of the American West
North America has been scientifically shown to be the original home of the horse species. They evolved here and thrived for over 57 million years, however, the horses of those days did not resemble anything like the horse of today. About 10,000-15,000 years ago, for reasons yet unexplained and not fully understood, horses are believed to have become non-existent in North America. Fortunately by that time, they had already migrated to Russia and into Asia over the Beringia land bridge that once connected North America with Russia at the Bearing Strait. Truly, when the Spanish explorers brought horses back to the continent, the horses were simply returning home.
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Like Mustangs, Burros are a link to America’s Past
The first asses (the proper term but commonly referred to as Donkeys or Burros) came to the Americas on ships of the second voyage of Christopher Columbus and were landed at Hispaniola in 1495. The first North American donkeys may have been the two taken to Mexico by Juan de Zumárraga, the first bishop of Mexico, who arrived there on 6 December 1528, while the first donkeys to reach what is now the United States may have crossed the Rio Grande with Juan de Oñate, in April 1598.and later by Jesuit Missionaries, while establishing monasteries out West. Wild Burros have long ears, a short mane and reach a height of up to 5 feet at the shoulders. They vary in color from black to brown to gray.
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