More horses reported dead near Heber Wild Horse Territory

SPRINGERVILLE, AZ — The death count has risen in recently reported cases of horse slayings within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Following a report earlier this month that a total of eight horses were found dead, largely from gunshot wounds, the Forest Service is now reporting that an additional seven horses were discovered. That brings the current…

H.R. 961 — The A States

Help us win cosponsors for H.R. 961, federal legislation banning horse slaughter. Our target: 290 cosponsors so we can bypass the Committees its in, and make a Motion to place bill on the Consensus Calendar. Please note that this is a bipartisan issue meaning it is neither a Republican nor a Democratic cause. To find…

Heber Wild Horse group responds to the USFS regarding killings

Cross-posted from the White Mountain Independent by MARY HAUSER (May 28, 2019)  — The Heber Wild Horses Freedom Preservation Alliance is a grassroots group that advocates to keep the Heber herd in the wild and protected as is mandated by federal law. Being boots on the ground in the forest, keeping track of the horses…

The story of Brighty and a history of America’s wild burros

EXCERPTED STORY WITH GRACIOUS PERMISSION BY ITS AUTHOR, SUSAN E. SWANBERG Reproduction of Image and Content is Prohibited  BRIGHTY of the Grand Canyon, by Marguerite Henry, describes the embellished adventures of Bright Angel, a real-life, half-wild burro that roamed the North Rim of the Grand Canyon from about 1892 until 1922. The National Park Service’s North Rim…

Owner of Havasupai horses accused of animal abuse

REPORTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Written by FELICIA FONSECA and TERRY TANG FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The owner of several horses on the Havasupai Indian Reservation, where tourist excursions to towering waterfalls depend on the animals, has been charged with animal cruelty and neglect. The charges were filed against Leland Joe after FBI Special Agent James…

Bill to protect Arizona’s Salt River Wild Horses passes unanimously out of Senate Cmte

SOURCE: PRESS RELEASE Phoenix, AZ (March 8, 2016). . . . Wild horse advocates are cheering a unanimous vote this morning by the Arizona State Senate Committee on Federalism, Mandates and Fiscal Responsibility in favor of HB 2340, a bill to protect the famed Salt River Wild Horses in the Tonto National Forest near Mesa.…

Arizona — House panel to debate bill on wild horses at Salt River

Happening today. -Ed. ARIZONA DAILY STAR via the Associated Press See article » PHOENIX (AP) — A House panel is set to debate a measure that would offer protections to the herd of wild horses living near Arizona's Salt River. Rep. Kelly Townsend of Mesa is sponsoring a proposal that would establish the herd of…

Mesa marchers aim to keep Salt River horses free

Cross-posted from AZ Center | The Arizona Republic by WHITNEY M. WOODWORTH Couples holding signs, kids waving banners, moms pushing strollers and teenagers snapping photos marched along a Mesa street Saturday afternoon in support of protecting the almost 100 horses that roam free along the Salt River. More than 120 participants in the Salt River…

In the Arizona wilds, burro murders baffle investigators

by PETER O'DOWD From KJZZ In the desert outside of Phoenix, there have been 18 shootings in the last five years, a series of mysteries that has stumped federal investigators. Let's be clear, we're talking about donkeys: specifically, wild burros, the federally protected asses of the Old West. In late January, out among the desert…

Champ the wild Stallion saves filly from drowning

Forest Service Volunteer Becky Standridge watched and took photos as a group of wild horses went for a swim in an Arizona creek. One of them, a young filly, went too deep and got into trouble. So the stallion, a horse Becky knows as Champ, went to her rescue. Wonderful story; amazing images. Thank you…