EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) — The U.S. Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector marks a historic milestone with the birth of a new horse, the first horse ever born into a horse patrol detachment.
The foal, named Dolly, is the first horse born into Border Patrol’s 100-year history, the department said in a news release on Thursday, March 13.
Dolly was born on March 9 to her mother, Juanita, at the Sierra Blanca U.S. Border Patrol Station in Sierra Blanca, Texas. That is almost 100 miles east of El Paso.
According to Border Patrol, the name “Dolly” was selected from a list of names submitted by students from Sierra Blanca Independent School District…