Escape
Sakima the Brumby’s Escape
What do you do when you lose a part of your family? You grieve; you don’t believe it and all those assorted feelings. This is exactly what happened on a Sunday not too long ago. Sakima, my wild brumby exited my life in dramatic circumstances.
My manager became over confident with my wild brumby that he was so adjusted to life on our farm that he would not leave through our rainforest that leads to a National Park. With an open gate an invitation too inviting to ignore Sakima was on his way to freedom.
I went up in the afternoon to find no horse and an open gate that lead to thousands of hectares of wild bush and rugged mountain ridges. I knew immediately he had gone.
Calmness in a crisis is important and business had well equipped me to contain my emotions and the feeling of dread that enveloped my body. This is a wild horse that won’t allow anyone to catch him and had only just started to let me touch his head and allow some human contact. Even if we found him how did I get him back to the farm?
Questions for later. Let’s find him first.
