Tag: Salt River Wild Horse Management Group

Arizona Senator Files Bill to Ban Killing of Alpine Wild Horses for Their Meat

A bill filed in Arizona’s Senate would make Alpine wild horse killing or slaughter for human consumption illegal while promoting humane birth control to stabilize the population. Known as the Alpine Wild Horse Act, SB1057 would provide greater legal protections for the Alpine herd, currently facing systematic roundup and removal from federal lands throughout Arizona….


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…