Description
Open the card to a 3-D scene of black, brown, and cream colored wild mustangs running free and kicking up dust.
Americans have a love affair with horses—especially the wild horse. Mustangs are a mythic symbol of freedom, heroism, romance, limitless possibilities, and the vanishing West. The word “mustang” comes from the Spanish word “ustengo” which means “ownerless horse” American Mustangs derived from the descendants of horses brought to North America by Spanish Explorers in the 16th century. 100 years ago, there were over 2 million mustangs roaming the land throughout the United States.
Mustangs are very muscular and athletic, normally traveling 20 miles per day over rough terrain. Their hooves are hard and durable in comparison to domestic horses, enabling them to travel in harsh environments without experiencing injury or wear.
Today mustangs are mostly found in Nevada but also in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, North Dakota, New Mexico, and California. They dwell on plains and prairies where food is plentiful. Their poise and dignity make them a fine symbol of the Wild West, they are America’s last wild horses.
In 1971 President Richard Nixon signed into law the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burro Act. The law states that “Congress finds and declares that wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West; that they contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American people; and that these horses and burros are fast disappearing from the American scene.”
This is a card for celebrating freedom, for a birthday, memorial, a western theme party, for a nature lover, horse lover, history buff, Native American, a rancher, a rider.
Message:
Don’t fence me in.
Horses fly without wings.
Wishing you a wild birthday.
You’re free now.
Horses are poetry in motion.
Hold your horses.
Let’s foal around.
Let’s hoof it.
Whoa! it’s your birthday!
There is just as much horse sense as ever, but the horses have most of it.
