Abandoned Mustangs Find Home in South Dakota Equine Sanctuary

Dayton Hyde
(photo: Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary)

A headline in today's Chicago Tribune noted the good works of two South Dakotans with hearts for homeless horses. They operate the 11,000-acre Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, where they adopt and care for wild, unwanted mustangs. The sanctuary's guiding spirits, Dayton Hyde and Susan Watt, manage these horse herds. Their story is a reminder that there is a beauty and dignity in ranching, and that a visceral, direct connection to the animal world and nature in general is often something to be greatly desired.