What is more American than wild horses?
4th of July, 2021 😀 Wild horses that are Red, White and Blue! Happy 4th of July from all of us, to all of you! Please enjoy the forest and the wild horses that live there, responsibly. ⚠️ Stage 3 fire restrictions are in effect and fireworks are never allowed in the forest. 🐴 Give ...
It actually rained this evening!
July 4th 🌧It actually rained this evening (July 3rd), in the horses' habitat, REAL rain, for the first time this year! (All the other times it went around the horses' habitat or was only 2 sprinkles.) The horses seemed just perplexed about it and formed several small stampedes, which was interesting. It has been so ...
#SaveTheOnaqui
July 2nd Thousands and thousands of acres of undeveloped public lands as far as the eye can see... thousands and thousands of people who deeply care about this special herd...and yet, a very petty Utah BLM, (Bureau of Land Management), adamant on their upcoming removal. While we cannot be at today's rally in Utah, we ...
Looking for photo enhancement, so that a real jerk can be caught.
June 30th As our followers know, we get very upset when people dump their pets in the Tonto National Forest. We end up rescuing these animals, but not all can be saved. Abandoning animals in the TNF is definite animal cruelty and it is illegal. One of our volunteers on road patrol noticed this "gentleman" ...
The PZP Program is still working.
June 21st A mare on the lower Salt River named America, gets a dart in the butt, so she can spend her life free with her family, where they are enjoyed by millions of people who visit the Tonto National Forest. (Upper picture) Lower picture: Mares and stallions and babies are getting separated from their ...
Happy Father’s Day!
Father's Day, June 20th Throughout the centuries wild horses are amazing survivors, due in large part to the fact that mustangs make incredible fathers. They watch over their offspring 24/7 and they protect them at any personal cost. This is Shadowfax with his daughter Crystal. Shadowfax is now retired and he is aging, but he ...
Reminder: Stay 50ft from wild horses at all times.
June 17th It's funny-- but not funny, yet it might give you a good chuckle... This lady is the example of what not to do, when you see a few Salt River wild horses just minding their own business. The horses were fine after this incident and so were the tubers. Please go easy on this ...
In Memory: Kokopelli
June 15th "The hardest part about managing wild horses is that you cannot control nature." We see the good and the bad about being wild. If you would rather not see sad news, please skip this post and go on to a happier post in the history of our page. With heavy hearts we report ...
Horse Update! Do You Recognize Him?
June 9th It's not the clearest picture because he is across the river, but do you recognize him? He is almost unrecognizable because he looks so good! Picture by SRWHMG volunteer Rosa Ramsthaler, thank you Rosa! Back in February of this year, in an unprecedented field operation, AZDA, SRWHMG, and our veterinarian team, darted and ...
We’re doing as much fire prevention as possible
June 1st We are trying to do as much fire prevention as possible to keep our volunteers safe to keep our rescued horses safe and to keep the wild horses safe. We are however not allowed to spray or mow ADOT property (sides of the road) and we hope that they will do a little ...
Every year the Salt River proves that it can be deadly.
May 31st This weekend, a man drowned in the Salt River at Sheep's Crossing and he has not been identified as of yet. It is a sad reminder that the Salt River is no lazy river. Read the news piece here The Salt River has fast flowing currents and many dangerous Eddie's. An Eddy can ...
It’s been a challenging Memorial Day weekend.
May 31st Wild horses had to deal with crowds, with lots of trash and also some very inconsiderate people, but they are all OK. We have manned the Sheep's crossing gate (because it has no cattle guard), we have continually closed all gates to the forest that were left open, and we have fed and ...
Memorial Day 2021: A Salute to All
May 31st A Salute to All Who Have Lost and to All Who Have Fought for Our Freedom, from an American Icon and Symbol of Freedom, The American Wild Horse. SRWHMG photo by SRWHMG Rick Blandford.
Update from an SRWHMG feed station
May 29th For people concerned with PZP, we study very closely how this herd is doing overall. We have seen no significant changes in band formations or social structures and behavior. All 2019 foals are out of mares that were darted while pregnant and both mothers and foals are a shining example of healthy and ...
Thank You: Protected from fire danger with fire retardant!
May 28th Thank You to our supporters for helping to protect us from fire danger with this fire retardant! Watch 3TV AZFamily for a story about it too. You can actually use this fire retardant around your own home also! We are very happy to have a little piece of mind and we want to ...
Rescue Miniseries: Gem
May 26th We are creating a little miniseries about each rescued Salt River wild horse. This is the first installment about Gem, let us know what you think! They all have their story of why they needed rescue. They would have died a slow suffering death in the wild, but are now living happily ever ...
SRWHMG protects the Salt River wild horses, but now need protection ourselves.
May 17th SRWHMG mission is to protect the Salt River wild horses, but now, we ourselves, need protection. The extreme and current fire danger to our Rescue care center for the Salt River wild horses has caused us to look for solutions. We learned of a really great fire retardant that can be applied ...
In Memory: 4 x 4 Joe
May 12th Blasted Covid19. It took a beloved friend tonight, Joe Osuch, standing here proudly with our ATV after he recovered it. Joe loved the wild horses and was just an overall great guy who gave back to his community. He owned Arizona 4x4 Offroad Recovery. Thank you for helping us send him lots ...
The Heber wild horses are in grave danger!!
April 22nd The Heber wild horses are in grave danger‼️The Forest Service wants to reduce them to 50 horses. We need everyone to share this video for them, will you help?? 🙏 This was an amazing turnout of approximately 150-200 people, who rallied their hearts out, and we delivered 10,000 signatures for their preservation ...
Awesome rallying day here in Heber Arizona!
April 22nd Our Facebook page has a little video snippet from an awesome rallying day here in Heber Arizona! Give a hand for our youngest advocate, Valentina, delivering YOUR ten thousand signatures directly to the Heber Overgaard field office of the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service. Valentina represents the future citizens of America who still ...
Stand against the EA of the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest!
April 21st This is the only link where you can submit your comment to the horrible, terrible, very bad EA of the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, which proposes to reduce the herd to 50 horses and then let them grow back to 104 horses. (which will then all be inbred). This in fact will ...
If you’re happy and you know it, kick up your heels!
March 28th Our Salt River wild rescues get excited when they switch arenas. These are all horses and orphans foals, who would have died a slow death in the wild, but were carefully brought back to health for their second chance at life. These precious horses have formed a strong family band, just like ...
By any chance, have you heard anyone state this?
March 24th Have you heard anyone state that Salt River wild horses are stuck in one area, or that they cannot reach the river or don't migrate anymore? That's all made up, if you see any nonsensical claims like that, please help educate; the Salt River wild horses have 19.000 acres to freely roam ...
Here’s a story about a horse (and it’s not a tall tale)
December 13th On this national day of the horse (December 13th) we should appreciate horses for everything they've done for us, but also simply for their kindness, their innocence and the way they really take care of each other. To us, it is an honor to return the favor to them and take care of ...
Thank you to our volunteers!
December 13th Thank you to our volunteers for wrapping presents for donations at the Nordstrom Wrapping booth @ Tempe Market place . They will be there again all day on December 19th! You can also get your calendars and wild horse holiday gifts there! We want to thank everyone for stopping by! Almost $500 in ...
How to help us this Holiday Season!
December 13th As most of you know we protect and humanely manage the Salt River wild horses. With our dedicated volunteer force we monitor the health of every horse, we stabilize their population growth, we patrol the roads for their safety, we help them when needed, we rescue when there is no other option, we ...
December 12th- 5 years ago….
December 12th Incredibly, it was exactly 5 years ago, that the news was airing our victory for the Salt River wild horses, - the roundup was canceled permanently,- we will never forget that day! We love and thank all of our hardworking SRWHMG volunteers, we love and thank the public, who really gave them their ...
Our SRWHMG elves have been very busy!
December 10th 🎄🎅Soon, some of our very appreciated donors and sponsors will receive their Christmas cards! 📮 If you have ordered a calendar or merchandise lately, that is also in the mail! 📬 Let us know when you receive one! 💕We thank our amazing volunteers for working so hard, and we thank our amazing donors ...
Order the 2021 SRWHMG calendar!
December 8th 🥁 Order our spectacular calendar now and you'll receive it guaranteed before Christmas! 🎁 This is the best present for anyone who loves horses... and who doesn't love horses?? 🐴💕 We are a Non Profit Organization dedicated to their protection and humane management. 🙏Every purchase helps the horses. Happy Holidays! ...
Last Culver’s fundraiser of 2020
December 7th We really appreciate the continuous support from Culver's! Come on by this week 12/7 thru 12/13 to support a local business, while enjoying amazing food and supporting the Salt River wild horses!!! The location is the Culver's at 1263 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85209 Hours are : Drive-thru 10:00 am to 10:30 ...
2021 Calendars are HERE!
October 10th Our Limited Edition 2021 Calendar is now available and turned out spectacular! If you order now, it will be shipped by the end of October. The beautiful images of the Salt River wild horses will provide you with inspiration all year long, while providing the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group with ...
Obituary: Uncle Sam
October 9th Run forever free, Uncle Sam. He died- but, more importantly, he lived... really lived. He woke up every day in his home where he knew every corner, every horse and every tree. He was powerful, respected and dignified, but oh so gentle and kind to his foals. He loved every horse in ...
Mesa Legend: SRWHMG Article
October 8th Covid19 has caused a drop in donations while extreme drought has caused a greater need for feed. Thank you Mesa legend for this article! To support the horses, please donate to our Supplemental Feed Program. The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) has had an eventful year. The successful results ...
Bif Demonstrates: How to eat Eelgrass
October 7th So we asked lead stallion Biff to come over and do a demonstration for us this morning. (Not really, but it sure seems that way!) He did an excellent job making the point that we so often try to reiterate; The Salt River wild horses NEED this very important river eelgrass. Unfortunately, ...
Different herd, same challenges!
October 5th While we do not have a special TNF or AZDA law (just yet) to leash your dogs at all times, we do have a Maricopa County leash law that applies everywhere in the county. Just yesterday, we saw a little dog in danger from a horse; the horse walked right over to ...
Nature can be cruel, but also has its reasons.
September 14th We considered not posting this, but we trust our audience to understand even the sad aspects of wild horse management. Last night, one of Mick's mares aborted a pre-term foal. This is the mare we were monitoring because she sustained a small puncture wound two weeks ago from a stick, and the wound ...
Awful! Another wild horse in a cattleguard!
September 12th Awful. We just pried another wild horse out of the cattleguard! Thank you MCSO Lake Patrol, Rural Metro Fire department A59 C shift, and SRWHMG Randy, Thomas, Glenn and Simone, and thank you bystanders! Unedited sorry for loudness, the noise is a generator for the claws of life. We don't ever want to ...
Welcome to the herd, Moonshadow!
September 9th Yesterday's name responses were overwhelmingly for: Moonshadow! Thank you so much for participating and helping to name this special new black foal! As all of you know, we work very hard every day, to keep the Salt River wild horses wild and free. Through our PZP program, our Supplemental Feed Program and through ...
Sunset dining with the Salt River Wild Horses!
September 8th Have a beautiful evening, everyone! Hop over to our Facebook page to check out these two videos of the Salt River horses sunset dining 🌅 Video 1 & Video 2 SRWHMG.
💕Special black foal born in the Salt River Herd💕
September 8th Look at how she celebrates being wild and free. Most adorable piece of cellphone footage! Enjoy this video by SRWHMG Karen Carney. We are going to need your help naming this beautiful and special new foal! We have never had a completely black foal before and we have no true black horses. She ...
Labor of love 💘
September 7th, Labor Day 2020 This Labor Day, we'd like to thank our dedicated volunteers for the hard physical labor involved in managing wild horses! Keeping them healthy, wild and free is a huge job, probably more labor intensive than most people would guess. It is definitely a labor of love. These are our important ...
Video: Wild horses, so peaceful and so sweet…
September 5th If tonight you cannot sleep, count these wild horses instead of sheep, so peaceful and so sweet, for all of us to hold dear and safe to keep. Please support the horses by donating or sharing! View the video - recorded by supporter Alan Palermo
The Devil’s Wire.
September 4th The habitat of the Salt River wild horses is far from perfect for horses. It is because of the 60-yr-old allotment barbed wire fence remains that are (were) everywhere. The very first video on our Facebook page is of Simone and some volunteers cutting barbed wire fences back in 2014. Since no one ...
Aww, what a big baby!
August 31st In the domestic horse world it is pretty common to separate foals from their mothers around 6 months old. But in the wild, foals do not leave their mothers until they are between a year and a half and 2 years old. This is Fynn and his momma Felicity. Fynn is the only ...
Going with the flow.
August 28th Little Jewell, born on May 29th is now 3 months old and doing great. Like all Salt River foals she learned to swim on her first day of life. This is a great piece of footage by Alan Palermo on how she handles life. When she gets in deep water, she doesn't panic, ...
Bonds.
August 26th The most incredible thing about wild horse behavior is that their society is basically based on deep love and caring. These sentient animals form strong bonds that last a lifetime, which you can describe scientifically, or you can just call it love. This is quite obvious to most people who watch wild horses, ...
“Wild and Free” Sticker available!
August 23rd @ 11AM This is so cool! You can show your support for the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group by buying a vinyl sticker or two for your car, or for your laptop. Because we need to keep them "Wild and Free". (Comes in white, black, red, blue.) Half of proceeds also comes ...
Aiming to keep them wild and free.
August 21st @ 2PM Our certified darters are out and about several times per week to keep our groundbreaking PZP fertility control program right on track. Here is an example of what we do, in slow motion. This is Patsy, a beautiful 15 year old light chestnut mare. Patsy is Pacman's mother (see our website ...
Socially distance from horses!
August 21st @ 11AM Stop, let the horses pass, or take a route around them. Have a great time safely and respectfully viewing wild horses! Thank you, AZDA. SRWHMG. Message from AZDA: Ever had that feeling you were being watched? 🧐 One of the best things about hiking the lower Salt River is turning a ...
Help feed the horses!
August 19th @ 8PM How goes the saying, come rain or come shine, come hell or high water, come extreme heat and come fires raging all around, we've been through it all, yet our volunteers continue to provide supplemental feed for over 400 Salt River wild horses, to get them through this difficult time of ...
ANOTHER fire
August 19th @ 12PM Another FIRE very closeby ignited last night- from lightning strikes. It is just 4 miles away from our property right now, so we remain on high alert and in pre-evacuation mode. It is burning in the rolls close to Butcher Jones and Probecito right now, approximately 1000 acres. This is not ...
A grey surprise
August 18th @ 10AM About 15 % of all Salt River wild horses have the grey factor. This means they will look a whole lot different when they are all grown up, from when they were a foal. The greys can sometimes be hard to tell apart, but this, now 4 year old bachelor stallion ...
The Raffle is still live!
August 17th @ 11PM Did you know that we have a RAFFLE? Buy your tickets for just 20 dollars (of which 100% goes towards our programs.) You have a huge chance of winning. It 500 dollars in restaurant meals and value, its a WIN WIN!! Check it out before it's too late. Click here!! Thank ...
A moment with ol’ Shadowfax
August 16th @ 6PM "He watches over the land where his ancestors have lived for centuries. The land where he has known hardship and immense joy, where he has raised his offspring, the land where he knows every path, every tree and every horse. Good old Shadowfax has never had to do what any person ...
People Problems.
August 16th @ 9AM One more time: Stay away from the wild horses Article by Meg Puckett, OBX Today This is worth reading since the Salt River wild horses have the same "people" problems as the Corolla wild horses have, and it is not getting any better. At Corolla they ask people to stay ...
Article: Salt River Wild Horses thrive with the help of loving volunteers
August 13th @ 11PM Salt River's wild horses thrive with the help of loving volunteers The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group works with the Arizona government to ensure the maintenance of freedom for each horse in the herd. Article by Emily Powers (KPNX) Very nice article by 12news! You can help us with some ...
Back to our regular programming…
August 13th @ 9AM This is old lead stallion, King. We are happy to see him at a feed station. He may not be as popular as Shadowfax, but he is also a very cool old retired lead stallion. His whole life we have seen him take care of his band vigilantly, day and night. ...
The Goldfield Fire
August 11th @ 3AM The Goldfield Fire is the one we were hoping would never come, but its here. And it is currently moving towards Salt River wild horses in their precious habitat. All of our volunteers are on high alert, we are monitoring from the riverside as well as from the property side. We ...
The Goldfield Fire: Prelude
August 10th @ 4PM Immediate danger to our rescued horses has passed! The evacuation was called off by state fire department! Fjew! We had half of the rescues in trailers already, but we are bringing them back so that they can all stay together, they freak out without each other, just like wild horses do. ...
New Lead Stallion in town: Ducey!
August 9th @ 1PM There's a Salt River wild horse named Ducey and he is now a lead stallion! (Ducey is the horse on the left) On February 3rd, 2017, the first foal of the year was named after Governor Doug Ducey, because of how much he has done, and still does, to preserve and ...
Soldier on.
August 7th @ 8PM Have you ever watched a nature documentary and wondered why the documentary makers just let the baby elephant suffer and die? Yes, us too. So we didn't do that. Our case being newborn foal, Soldier. This is part one of his story... Our volunteers were just on their routine walks through ...
SRWHMG Rescue highlight: Mori’s 3rd Birthday! 💕🎂🥕
August 6th @ 8AM SRWHMG Rescue highlight: Today is Mori's 3rd Birthday! 💕🎂🥕🥕🥕 This is her story; Mori's official name is Morgause. This name relates to the knights of the round table, as she was born into Lancelot's band out of mare Paloma on August 6th 2017 at Granite Reef, in the Tonto National Forest, ...
What we promised back then was not just talk.
August 5th @ 10AM It's been 5 years, tough, hardworking years, proving all this time, that what we promised back then, was not just talk. We walk the walk, put our money where our mouth was, and have kept every promise we ever made to the government, both State and Federal. What we are proving ...
August 4th, 2015: 5 years ago today.
August 4th @ 11 AM The course of history for the Salt River wild horses, started to change on August 4th 2015. That is 5 years ago today. Let's see how many of you are happy that they are still here? How many of you will help us celebrate today? "The greatest wisdom in life ...
A little tour of the SRWHMG Rescue Facility.
August 3rd @ 12 PM View our video tour on our Facebook page! Over the past 5 years we have rescued 16 Salt River wild horses, whom we are providing sanctuary for. Most of them, we had to rescue when they were just babies because they were so badly injured that their bands had left ...
July 31st: 5 YEARS AGO TODAY!
July 31st @ 4:30 PM On the same fateful day that the impound notice for the removal of the Salt River wild horses was published, a very special foal was born. This beautiful foal was born out of Sapphire and Shadowfax, so we named him Diamond. But we could not enjoy him- we could only ...
A Salt River without Salt River wild horses…
July 31st @ 9 AM A Salt River without Salt River wild horses, what would that be like? …
Cool idea?
July 30th @ 3:30PM Cool idea? The Phoenix area is breaking all kinds of extreme heat records right now. That is worrisome, of course, for people, but also for any outside animals you have, so bring your dogs and horses inside! 😉 Except, of course, if your house is not large enough for a horse, ...
Just when we thought we got it all…
July 30th @ 8:30AM Wild horse management includes a component of habitat improvement, but it is frustrating; just when we think we have an area cleared, there's more of it! It takes tools, time, gas, cold drinks and don't forget, dedication, to finish this huge task. ❓ Did you know that you can support our ...
🌟 AZDA’s Salt River Horse Herd Spotlight: SHADOWFAX! 🌟
July 30th @ Midnight Great post and spotlight on Shadowfax from the AZDA, whom we are proud to work for and with. SRWHMG. 🌟🌟Salt River Horse Herd Spotlight🌟🌟 SHADOWFAX Shadowfax is one of the more widely known stallions of the Salt River Horse Herd. Commonly referred to as "King of the River", he is estimated ...
Bachelor Stallion chased off! 🐴
July 28th @ 11AM Lead stallions know that bachelor stallions are looking for a mare or two of their own to start a band with. So the lead stallions have to stay vigilant in keeping them away from their mares. This is lead stallion Hardy, telling 5 yr old bachelor stallion Huck to stay at ...
3 great videos of our horses!
July 27th @ 10AM Great morning at the Salt River River! Here's 3 videos we got of them today, available for viewing on our Facebook page. The first video: (x) 2 bands of wild horses intermingle: (x) & One more live video: (x)
The danger of downed barbed wire fences
July 26th @ 3PM Old downed barbed wire fences are a real death trap for wild horses and people alike. This 60 yr old fence used to go all along the river on both sides. We have the blessing from the Forest Service to clean it up, but it's no small task, and it has ...