Help others in return and increase your wild horse's skills. It is a small type, often pony sized, but with a horse phenotype and horse ancestors, and usually dark in colour. The plants and the animals bind the fabric of the land into a cohesive whole, the most iconic being the marram grass which stabilizes the sand dunes by means of an elaborate root system and feeds the wild horses for which Sable Island is famous. PRINTS AVAILABLE at www.BevPettit.com Photos and information about the wild horses of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, by Bev Pettit Photography.

The wild horses, named for the island they inhabit, are now the only terrestrial mammals on Sable Island aside from the few inhabitants. In the 1980s, Roberto Dutesco, a Rumanian-born Canadian, was a fashion photographer and doing well.“I was based in Montreal, mostly shooting lingerie and jeans for La Senza, a Canadian company, which would later by bought by Victoria’s Secret. RobertoDutesco, Wild Horses of Sable Island Generations By ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST July, 2020. Generally for reasons of protection from the cold winds and storms Sable Ponies have a long and thick mane. Far from the East Coast of Canada, cast ashore or abandoned by sailors long ago, a small herd of wild horses has managed to thrive, untouched by man, in an austere, unforgiving environment that offers not a single sheltering tree and just grass Today, there’s still not agreement about how best to handle the wild horses that remain on Sable Island. The younger the horse, the thicker the coat. Are they wild or feral? For sailors, it was the graveyard of the Atlantic, an island hidden by waves, storms and fog that meant only death and destruction. Wild horse photos for sale, wild horse fashions and photography workshops by Debra Garside. 2.1K likes. The Wild Horses of Sable Island Collection by Roberto Dutesco. Everything on the island survives at the whim of the elements. The island is staffed year round by four federal government staff, rising during summer months when research projects and tourism increase. As early as August, the horses’ coats start to thicken, and by December their coats are `woolly’. When Sable Island National Park Reserve was established in 2013, Parks Canada began managing this naturalized population of horses as a wild species. The term ‘wild horse’ is used to describe free-roaming equines, especially the mustangs that inhabit the western plains of the United States, the Australian Brumby, and the untamed horses in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, and the ponies of Sable Island on the east coast.

The horses on Sable Island today are most likely descendants of animals that were seized by the British from the Acadians during their expulsion from Nova Scotia in the late 1750s and 1760s.

"Sable Island horses are a feral population that is now wild and unmanaged," said Julie Tompa, the Parks Canada manager who helped establish the reserve. Sable Island is famous for its wild horses, of which there are currently around 500. The Wild Horses of Sable Island ® Limited Edition Book This 365-page page book includes a stunning collection of extraordinary photographs, some never before seen in print. Since 1961 when the Canadian Shipping Act forbid interfering with or removing horses…