The Secret Wild Horse

Imagine going to the pound looking to adopt a stray dog, and finding, tucked away in one of the kennels, a Mexican gray wolf.  That's about as unlikely as the following scenario would seem to be - but it happened!  

Recently, two horses which appear to be Przewalski's wild horses (pending genetic confirmation, I believe) appeared in a Texas livestock auction.  The horses, since named Shrek and Fiona, have been taken in by a rescue while their fate is determined.  If I had to guess, I'd say that it's likely that they'll wind up in a zoo.  With their uncertain pedigree, I'm not sure how easily they'd be incorporated into the managed breeding population.  That being said, as small as the captive founder population of this species is, I'd almost say it doesn't matter, breed away.  

Photo Credit: Lazy B Equine Rescue and Sanctuary

Figuring out where they will go, however, is a lot more straightforward than figuring out where they came from.  I'd be very interested in figuring out how such a rare animal (if, again, that's what it is) came to be in this situation where it came so close to potentially being slaughtered.