Tribune-Star: Program at St. Mary-of-the-Woods helps tame wild mustangs, prepare them for adoption
Posted on: 04/26
At first, Indigo didn't want anything to do with Jennifer Steager and classmate Whitney Mahloch, who have been taming and training the wild mustang since early March.
Slowly, the yearling warmed up to his doting human handlers, and by Thursday, it was clear a close bond had formed between Steager and Indigo, or “Indy” for short.
The 32-year-old Steager, an equine training and instruction major at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, decided she couldn't live without the now playful, affectionate yearling. “I fell in love with him,” said Steager, who moved to Terre Haute from California about three years ago.
She's adopted the black stallion, one of nine male mustangs that found a temporary home at the college through a partnership with the federal Bureau of Land Management's Save the Mustangs program. This is the fourth year the college has participated in the program.
