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October 2013 was when I first laid eyes on them, it was simply astonishing. I may as well have been gazing at a herd of unicorns. The last thing one expects to find on the outskirts of Humansdorp is a feral herd of Arabian horses, nevertheless there they were thus the adventure began.                                                                                                                                           
When Tabamansie game farm changed hands a number of rather well-bred horses were turned out to fend for themselves. The horses did well for a while I believe at one point the herd was 12 strong, however, this being Africa they hardly stood a chance.                                                                                                                                                            The reason the African plains are not overrun with herds of horses is  we have Zebra's doing that and they carry AHS (African Horse Sickness) however they are immune to the virus, hence I think of Zebra's as striped weapons of mass destruction and as if horses need another obstacle to survive Africa in addition to AHS there is the tick problem to contend with. Now if by some miracle a horse does not contract Babesiosis, then there is always the possibility that ticks will eventually eat through the horses ears and dock maiming the horse for life, On the other hand that probably won't be long as chances are the horse will succumb to infection. Africa it's not for sissy's.                                                                                                                                                                                                            During 2012/2013 the Zebra apocalypse AHS was particularly rife thus wiping out half the herd, by the time I arrived on the scene there was but one Arabian line left standing. "Well, my, my, my what do we have here?" I thought not only was I gazing upon feral horses, but these were Biliary and AHS resistant feral horses.                                                                                                                                                                              My hypothesis on eradicating both problems in under a decade is the following: If we were to turn all breeding stock out for five years without any human intervention, the horses left standing would be the ones with natural resistance and from there we could breed horses that have half a chance to survive the apocalypse. If you are understandably not keen on proving my hypothesis, not to worry, I have other ideas: see photos->

(The author would like to assure everyone that no Zebra's were harmed during the entire en-devour, furthermore, she categorically states that she harbors no animosity towards the Zebra species she is merely pointing out that the little bastards are immune to the plaque. She feels it important that you understand that she does not own an otter-man or any other fashion accessory nor home decorations made from Zebra skin or any skin for that matter. PS. She does have Drakes skeleton in a box but insists it is for science not decor. Thank you )