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• Via NPR (5 Minute Listen) Dozens of free-roaming horses have been found shot dead on remote Utah rangeland. No one knows who is shooting the horses or why. Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In a remote patch of rangeland bordering the Navajo Nation in Utah, hundreds of horses roam wild. But lately, some of them… Continue reading Authorities do not know who is shooting and killing Utah’s wild horses
One horse was fatally wounded and died. Can you help? Submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111. CLEARWATER, Kan. (KSNW) – An investigation by the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is underway after a Clearwater woman said someone shot two of her horses, killing one of them. Linda McLain said she heard the sound… Continue reading Clearwater woman seeks answers after two of her horses are shot
Li Cohen reporting for CBS News writes: Animal rescue workers have saved a pregnant mare and her colt from an abandoned strip mine site in eastern Kentucky where 20 horses were recently found fatally shot over a period of six days. The two rescued horses have been taken to a local equine humane society.The two… Continue reading 2 horses rescued after 20 mysteriously killed in Kentucky
From a Report filed by NPR It's being called an 'Act of Evil'. Fifteen horses were shot and killed in the woods of Eastern Kentucky in what authorities call a cruel and inhumane crime that they're now working to unravel. Local authorities are offering a $1,500 reward — an amount boosted by donations from people… Continue reading 15 horses shot and killed after being hunted in Eastern Kentucky
UPDATE Sept. 1, 2019 The original reward was $10,000 but, thanks to new donations from conservation and animal welfare organizations, the reward has now risen to nearly $60,000, states the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California. Have you been watching the news unfold about the numerous wild burros being shot and killed in… Continue reading $10,000 reward offered to find wild burro killers
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… Continue reading Heber Wild Horse group responds to the USFS regarding killings
Associated Press via the Huffington Post » By DEREK GATOPOULOS AP — (Athens, Greece) More than two dozen wild horses have been killed with shotguns on a remote mountainside in southern Greece, but the motive for the attack remains unclear, police said Monday. The 26 dead horses were first discovered Thursday on rugged slopes of… Continue reading 26 wild horses shot dead in southern Greece; motive unknown
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