For more than a century, wild horses lived on Santa Cruz Island, becoming a breed of their own, with unique traits formed by generations of living on the rugged Channel Islands. Now off of the island, the repercussions of seclusion have left the breed teetering on the brink of extinction.
A multimedia story posted today explores how researchers from 嘿嘿视频 are working to preserve the Santa Cruz Island horse.
鈥淚t鈥檚 truly a piece of California history we鈥檙e trying to preserve,鈥 said 嘿嘿视频 researcher Amy McLean. 鈥淚f we lose these genetics, we lose these horses, we lose that history and a part of our heritage.鈥
Read the story and watch the videos, 鈥淪aving a Dying Breed.鈥
Media Resources
Joe Proudman, 嘿嘿视频 Strategic Communications, 530-752-6397, jproudman@ucdavis.edu
Amy McLean, 嘿嘿视频 Animal Science, 706-296-8743, acmclean@ucdavis.edu