{"id":984,"date":"2014-02-25T23:49:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkwild.org\/blog\/?p=984"},"modified":"2014-02-26T20:07:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T20:07:44","slug":"go-nunki-go-the-news-weve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arkwild.org\/blog\/go-nunki-go-the-news-weve-been-waiting-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Nunki Go! The news we’ve been waiting for!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brad Ray of Premiere Breeding Services in Colorado, one of the world’s top experts in equine reproduction, \u00a0has pronounced Nunki healthy and a good candidate for egg harvest. \u00a0We can now move ahead to save the Abaco Spanish Colonial horse that is found only here on Abaco.<\/p>\n

Mr.Ray and Dr. Derrick Bailey (our local vet here in Abaco who has had large animal experience) completed a sonogram survey of Nunki’s repro system. Plans are being detailed for Mr. Ray to come back, with an additional vet and an assistant, to collect eggs from Nunki in two phases.<\/p>\n

The eggs will be flown to a lab at Texas A&M where another expert has agreed to \u00a0store the eggs, and when we have sperm from appropriate DNA compatible stallions, the eggs will be joined with the sperm to form embryos which will be placed in surrogate mares. \u00a0The pregnant mares will be transported here to Abaco to have their foals in the environment that will be their home.<\/p>\n

Dr. Gus Cothran of\u00a0The\u00a0Texas A&M\u00a0University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences has worked with us for years and he is overseeing the stallion selection process.<\/p>\n

We are incredibly excited about this hope for Nunki\u2019s future, and the future of the Abaco Wild Horses. \u00a0While we are blessed to be receiving a great deal of very costly reproductive work pro bono, there will be great expenses in implementing the plan. As they come together, we will post the plans, post various fund raising venues and keep everyone in the loop who wants to be a part of this international effort. \u00a0People around the globe will be tuning in as we work to bring a wonderful breed of horse back from the edge of extinction. Join us, become part of this world wide effort. \u00a0Get ready to join Team Nunki! Details coming!<\/p>\n

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