Rhona Mitra Instagram – There is a convenient myth about horses that are sent to slaughter. That their days are done, they are old or broken in some irreparable way from their mostly enslaved lives played out as tools for human gain. The reality is far from that. Django here was a 3 year old Criollo stallion. One of the most pure and perfect examples of vitality and life. He was used for breeding and his previous owner was done with his services so like the 6,000 others a month was being sold for meat thats shipped to France, Belgium and China for human consumption. Seconds before the hammer went down at auction his value was $160 USD. Taking on stallions is no easy feat but we couldn’t leave him behind. He now lives an autonomous life in the wild in the Monte here on the land with the herd and his two daughters Noor and Tormenta. Completely unbroken and 100% self-sufficient and rewilded, so when he appears like an apparition and we are graced by his electric magnificent presence, plump and shining a full of that raw spirit we as humans quite literally break and beat out of all horses we domesticate to satiate our various demands and vanity’s….. it’s always a treat and a reminder of why we do what we do. #LeaveThemWild #criollopuro #rewildrememberrehabilitate #autonomoushorsemanship #whatwedotoanimalswedotoourselves @thelastarkorphanage