A wild horse sanctuary in Colorado has agreed to adopt 70 free-roaming Alpine horses rounded up in Arizona and sold by the U.S. Forest Service at two recent online auctions. Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group based in Prescott, Arizona, said volunteers raised $50,000 on short notice to purchase the…
Volunteers Pony up Thousands in Donations to Purchase Disputed Alpine Horses at Auction
Lab Test Results Suggest Embattled Alpine Horses In Arizona Have Historical Lineage
An expert in horse population genetics claims to have found laboratory evidence of historical ancestry in samples taken from Arizona’s Salt River Alpine horses found slaughtered on federal land in 2022. “So far, I can say that there is evidence of Spanish ancestry in the Salt River horses,” Gus Cothran, a retired professor and consultant…
Animal Advocates ‘Appalled’ at Wyoming Lawmakers’ Proposal For Legal Slaughter of Wild Horses and Burros
Wyoming lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan resolution requesting the U.S. Congress make the slaughter of wild horses and burros legal in the United States. The meat would be available for sale in America and foreign markets. Animal welfare groups are unhappy about the move. President of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group Simone Netherlands…
In True Spirit of Christmas, Arizona Ranch Owner Takes In 9 Wild Horses Sold at Auction
WILLIAMS, Ariz.—Molly Wisecarver is a firm believer in Christmas miracles—not the kind with golden wings, but four hooves, long manes, and sullen brown eyes. Nine miracles in all. And each one is a holiday blessing—a survivor and a true testament to the goodwill of people like Wisecarver who love wild horses and want to see…
Advocates for Embattled Arizona Wild Horse Herd Awaiting DNA Results
Alpine wild horse advocates in Arizona are awaiting lab results to determine whether the free-roaming horses being rounded up on U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service land and sold online are of a historical Alpine lineage. While a positive determination of Alpine heredity may not halt the Forest Service’s scheduled roundups, it may “alter the…
Advocates for Arizona Wild Horses Slated to be Rounded Up See Hope in DNA Results
Alpine wild horse advocates in Arizona are awaiting lab results to determine whether the free-roaming horses being rounded up on U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service land and sold online are of a historical Alpine lineage. While a positive determination of Alpine heredity may not halt the Forest Service’s scheduled roundups, it may “alter the…
Arizona Wild Horse Advocates Buy Up Dwindling Alpine Herd
December 3, 2022
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PRESCOTT, Ariz.—Simone Netherlands grabbed a handful of green alfalfa hay and called out to Apache, guarding a small band of Alpine wild horses at the opposite end of the corral. The young stallion lowered its head warily and remained motionless at seeing a visitor standing beside her. “C’mon,” Netherlands said to the horse gently, waving…
Mystery Deepens as 36 Alpine Wild Horses are Shot and Killed in Arizona
October 23, 2022
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ALPINE, Ariz.—Dyan Albers Lowey has made every effort lately to spend quality time with her horses on her small family ranch in Alpine, Arizona. She says it’s good to be around live things these days, especially after being around so much death. For Lowey, the unsolved killing of 36 Alpine wild horses on U.S. Forest…
Who’s Killing Arizona’s Alpine Wild Horses?
October 23, 2022
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ALPINE, Ariz.—Dyan Albers Lowey has made every effort lately to spend quality time with her horses on her small family ranch in Alpine, Arizona. She says it’s good to be around live things these days, especially after being around so much death. For Lowey, the unsolved killing of 36 Alpine wild horses on U.S. Forest…
Documentary Showcases Mustangs, A Symbol of America’s Spirit of Freedom
October 29, 2021
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The story of the American mustang is one that reflects much of the country’s own story: one of resilience and freedom. This is the central theme explored in the documentary “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses.” “We wanted to tell first of all a great story and feel like an American adventure; we go to all…
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