Wildlife Artist Dawn Senior-Trask of Moonhorse Art Studio
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Pronghorn Newborn with Bitterroot Blooms - Animal sculpture bronze plaque

Dawn Senior-Trask, of Moonhorse Art Studio, has gained a love and unique understanding of the wildlife of the West - unique personalities and the often amusing relationships of the wildlife and their relationships with people. This understanding is reflected in her animal sculpture bronze plaques.

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Pronghorn Newborn with Bitterroot Blooms -- Animal sculpture bronze plaque

Dawn's animal sculpture bronze plaque was inspired by the Wyoming wildlife.

Size:
Price Unmounted: $205
Price Mounted: $242
Price Mounted & Framed: $265
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* Bronze plaque are not kept in stock, but are cast as they are ordered.  Because of the long-wax process that involves many steps, the wait for bronze plaque may be several months. Please contact us for more information.

More information about this animal sculpture bronze plaque below.

In June when pink bitterroot flowers open along the rocky ridges, the pronghorn doe gives birth to an alien-looking creature, all legs and head. For many days the fawn spends most of his time curled on the ground, where he blends so well that a coyote (or an artist) may pass within a few feet and not see him. His mother enjoys the summer browse nearby, keeping an eye out for danger. If a coyote wanders close to her youngster, she first tries to distract it, and if that fails, she boldly charges the little ”prairie wolf” and chases it. Dawn has even seen a mother pronghorn chasing two coyotes -- first one, then doubling back to chase the other. Ranchers tell of seeing a pronghorn kick out a coyote’s teeth in defense of her fawn.

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Within a few days of birth, the fawn is already able to keep up with his mother. The pronghorn is known to be the fastest mammal in North America, with speeds estimated at about 50 miles per hour or more. This long puzzled scientists, who wondered why the pronghorn had evolved such excessive swiftness which no known predator could even come close to matching. In recent years the discovery of fossil remains helped solve this mystery -- it seems that the pronghorn evolved to contend with a long-extinct enemy, a cheetah-like, fleet-footed cat. The pronghorn is indeed an ancient creature, not closely related to deer. Wyoming is its stronghold, with many thousands still roaming our wide-open spaces.

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