"There aren't any more wild horses on Abaco."
"The horses have all been killed."
"The horses have all died of pesticide poisoning"
"I've been going to Abaco for 20 years and I never heard of any horses."
"There were horses once but they've all been shot."
"There were horses here, but when the big road went in some man tried to capture one by throwing a spear at it. It died."
"They all died."
These were some of the things I was told before I sailed to Abaco in April of 1992.
And I heard more of the same after I arrived at Green Turtle Cay...
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