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Extensive pens are set up for holding facilities.
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Elaborate holding pens are constructed for safe and efficient sorting of the wild horses.
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Hay and water are provided for the sorted horses in the holding pens.
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Hay truck
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Water truck loading water.
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Crew taking a break. Includes Cattoor's crew, a BLM representative and two BLM vets.
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Dave Cattoor and his pilot horse Shorty watching the helicopter herd a group of horses to the capture corrals.
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The pilot horse Shorty leads the wild horses safely into the corral.
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Helicopter herding the horses into the wings of the capture facility.
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Helicopter herding a band of horses.
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Two helicopters shorten the gather and cause less stress on the wild horses by shortening the distances they have to travel.
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Even small foals can keep up with the band.
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Horses that can't keep up with the band are retrieved and cared for by wranglers horseback.
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Fueling a helicopter
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Helicopter herding the wild horses into the corral.
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