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The World's Most Endangered Horse On the sun swept stage of a small island 150 miles off Florida’s Gold Coast, a threatened herd of rare and endangered horses have made their official debut to the world. Work begun in 1992 resulted, in August 2002, in having the horses designated a new strain of the critically endangered Spanish Barb breed by the Horse of the America’s Registry. The 8 remaining Abaco Barbs, on the island of Abaco in the Bahamas, are fighting for their lives as inappropriate human intervention and a drastic change in habitat have taken a severe toll. The struggling remnants of a once mighty herd of 200 are facing extinction for the second time in their recently turbulent history. The Government of the Bahamas designated a preserve area for the horses and the four remaining mares and one stallion are now back in their normal habitat. The other three stallions are waiting for the next expansion of the protected area. Give A Buck for the Barbs! You can help save the Abaco Barb Horses for $1.00. |
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Achernar (l) and Hadar (r), two of our outside stallions, are happily back in their ususal area after the winter fires and two months of drought. Heavy rains throughout May filled water holes and brought lush greenery back to life. See tractor article below for a link to the May report. Olivia Witten, below, shows a check from the Science Department of her school after her presentation about the Abaco Horses. Click here for more photos and to read her report.
After our search for Achernar and Hadar, one of the workmen, Jean, and I took Messy Fergusson tractor through an old access road to a beautiful beach. For a brief report on the quiet month of May, and more photos of how we got to the beach, click here. |
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A Challenge for Kids See who can Round Up the most Bucks for the Wild Horses of Abaco: Kids in school can participate in the Give a Buck program to raise funds for the horses by joining the the Abaco Barb Youth program. Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H clubs, etc. all over the U.S., as well as similar youth groups abroad, are invited to get involved. We will list all the groups as they come into the project, with photos of the groups and any project they've done, for a school year competition with monthly updates as funds are received at Arkwild. Groups can help by connecting with other groups: get the word out and get more schools and more kids involved. Let's use the world wide web to build a safety net for the Abaco horses and protec this rare breed. For more information contact Susan Dudasik at <abacobarb@custertel.net> or visit <http://www.geocities.com/smh4hc/> to see what great things kids have done.
This site updated June 15, 2009 Disclaimer: We are sorry to note that there are now a number of other web sites claiming to be about the Abaco Barbary Horse. We are the only site that is 'on site' in Abaco; we started the project in 1992.and have been working for the horses ever since. If you need up to date information, this is the place for it. Other sites only confuse issues and draw attention away from our critical needs. Thank you for your support. For copyright information Click Here. Arkwild Inc. has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status Donations and snail mail in the U.S. Arkwild, Inc Donations and snail mail in the Bahamas Wild Horses Of Abaco |
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