{"id":458,"date":"2011-02-14T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkwild.org\/blog\/?p=458"},"modified":"2011-06-01T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T15:18:45","slug":"458","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arkwild.org\/blog\/458\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyover Search for Stallions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thurs. Feb.10 Dr. Robert Fritz, DVM, took me up in his 1953 Cessna 180 and we\u00a0 spent close to an hour criss crossing the Preserve at low speed (60 mph) and altitude (300\u2019) and saw nothing.\u00a0 But then, we didn\u2019t see our mares either and we know they are there.\u00a0 We did see well used trails with no debris build up, (we\u2019ve had a lot of wind and I think the trails would be at least partially covered with pine needles if they weren\u2019t being used)\u00a0 and a trail I\u2019ve seen many times before when on foot in a favorite area of vine forage.\u00a0 The vine grows quite fast and unless the horses actually disappeared very recently, the path indicates rather current use. We did not see any bones, and were low enough that we could have, I think. Dr. Fritz lives on Elbow Cay, a nearby island, and he has joined us in helping to save the horses.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we are trying very hard to get the tractor going so that we can do ground searches.\u00a0 The terrain is too rough for any other vehicle.\u00a0 Some of the parts that need be removed haven\u2019t been moved since the tractor was built in 1985. They are frozen tight and we may have to remove the entire front axle assembly.\u00a0 But, Mr. Tom Lightbourn feels confident that the job can be done.\u00a0 Working in rain and chill doesn\u2019t make things easy, but it\u2019s better than a 90 degree day in August!<\/p>\n

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Mr. Tom Lighbourn braves a steady drizzle to get frozen old parts loose for replacementy. Our tractor was built in 1985. It's a great machine, but suffers from decades of neglect.<\/p><\/div>\n

We’ve posted a new video on YouTube, \u00a0a short view of the mares running up for their grain; we added the same segment in slow motion for anyone interested in what they’re doing with their feet. Nothing special, but fun to look at. At YouTube, \u00a0<http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rzfxYTE7ZIM><\/p>\n

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