A Land Filled With Horses : The Yanci Ranch (Hardcover)

"A Land Filled With Horses" is a captivating true-crime story that reveals the severe animal neglect that took place on a remote horse ranch. This book shares what happened when the partnership for a well-respected horse-breeding program ended. One partner took his share of the horses and reestablished his successful breeding business in a new location. The other partner turned out the remaining horses on the 800-acre Yanci Ranch in Northern California and let them free-breed. Top-quality Appaloosas, Percherons and sporthorses immediately began producing offspring in a Wild West setting, resulting in hundreds of horses of all different sizes and colors, running free in the Coast Range foothills. But the herd's rapid overpopulation overwhelmed the rangeland resources.
The Yanci Ranch horses were semi-feral and struggled to survive the overcrowded conditions. When a drought struck the ranch and dried up the pasture grass, the desperately hungry animals broke through the fences to find food. At that point, the plight of the hidden herd became evident. Readers will get an inside look at a tragic situation and the animal-rescue operation that followed. This is a must-read for those who love animals.