Looking for volunteers!
September 15 SRWHMG is in need of a few good men and women to join our already awesome team of volunteers... The rewards are endless just being in the presence of our very own Salt River wild horses. What better way to spend your free time than working hard to keep our treasures safe ...
Finding Splendor’s band resting under the trees!
September 14 Finding Splendor's band resting under the trees, with one of our local newstations! Stay tuned for a little special on the Salt River wild horses!
A little Salt River wild horse history.
September 13 The white horse (correctly called a grey) in this picture is Wisdom, and the liver chestnut on his left, is his lead mare Glory. They lived a long and prosperous life on the river, and they both passed on. That was several years ago already. We have over 400 wild horses in ...
An important part of our job – monitoring injuries.
September 10 Two Salt River wild horses suffered a rattlesnake bite on the nose recently. The effects are truly hard to watch, but what's interesting is that they are surviving it and are both on the mend! This is Pearl, she had a very hard time breathing and could not see a thing because ...
Coriander’s doing great!
08 September 8 There's a place that many dream of, where you can free your mind. Where wild horses still roam, right where they belong, and they are treated kind. 🎶 Little Coriander's band is staying away from the public, that's why he's not spotted very often, but he's doing great! In the mean ...
Live on the Salt River!! Peace and tranquility.
September 6 https://fb.watch/m-e8V5Fzbk/
Two dogs attack a wild stallion.
September 4 This happened last night and was filmed by our patrol team. Please everyone, beware that the Salt River is home to the Salt River wild horses. They do not hurt anyone or anything, but when they get attacked, just one kick can kill a dog. Please keep dogs on a leash or ...
Are there any wild horses left in the Apache Forest? Simone is there to investigate.
September 3 Are there any wild horses left in the Apache Forest? Simone is there to investigate. Please share because it's important. Thank you. For updates on Alpine wild horses please like the Alpine wild horse advocates.
Please keep the Salt River wild horses in your thoughts and prayers, as we hope for a dismissal of the case against them.
September 1 Please keep the Salt River wild horses in your thoughts and prayers, as we hope for a dismissal of the case against them. All of the motions back and forth have been filed by the attorneys on all sides including ours. So now there is nothing to do but wait, and a ...
Born Free, Stay Free Coriander!
08 August 26 A Foal Is Born! It's a boy! We are so happy to announce our second Salt River foal of 2023! Out of mom Acacia and Dad Cilantro! When we found out about this little guy, instead of posting about him, we posted a spotlight on Cilantro, his sire, two weeks ago. Of ...
Fundraiser @ Raising Cane’s!
08 August 26 What better way to celebrate SRWHMG's announcement of our second Salt River foal of 2023! Born of mom Acacia and dad Cilantro then by going to Raising Cane's fundraiser benefiting the Salt River wild horses. Tuesday, August 29th from 4pm to 9pm Only at this location: Raising Cane's 1502 South ...
Watching her grow up wild and free. Look who is turning 3 years old already! 🌙
08 August 26 She is pretty special and she's the only Salt River wild horse born completely black; Moonshadow! Coming from a long line of dominant greys, we knew she wouldn't stay black for long and look how beautifully she is greying out! While born right on the edge of the Salt River, Moonshadow's ...
Picking up trash is not in the job description, but we do it anyways.
08 August 19 Picking up other peoples trash is not part of our job description of wild horse management, but we clean it up as much as possible, and here is why. Splendor thought this balloon was fun, but in fact it is so dangerous. We find ingested plastic in horses' manure (see picture ...
What’s for lunch or dinner this Monday?
August 19 How about a delicious Panda Express meal anywhere in the nation, all day August 21, 2023, all while supporting the Salt River wild horses with a generous 28% of your bill that goes to our cause. Panda Express is one of the highest percentages that gives back and also offers nationwide. It's ...
Can You Blame Them?
August 18 Taken by our SRWHMG Road Patrol Team. Salt River, Sheep's Crossing Recreation Area on a quiet day, temperature 115F. Feeling amused, www.SRWHMG.org
Run forever free sweet Valentina! 💔
August 16 🌈 The rainbow over the Salt River yesterday was very beautiful but also meaningful, because it appeared right when a precious Salt River wild horse crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Run forever free sweet Valentina! 💔 In the Picture of SRWHMG girls with the rainbow, we look sad and happy at the same ...
✨️Salt River Star Stallion : Cilantro.
August 14 As most of you know we keep track of all of the Salt River wild horses. Cilantro is our up and coming star; at just 7 years old his little band is growing fast! Often people ask us if we keep track of them by microchip or tracker, which would be cool, ...
These are fun enrichments for our rescues to get through the hot summer.
August 6 These are fun enrichments for our rescues to get through the hot summer. They are easy to make, just fill a plastic cup with water and add a string in it for hanging. This is Peanut and Fynn having fun with one!
Bubbles! We miss you!
August 4 With the death of Nahele, currently the true and confirmed amount of Salt River wild horses on Forest Service land is three hundred and thirteen, 313. Some Salt River wild horses never returned from the reservation this summer, where several bands historically go. Some people ask us why, and some even think we ...
In Memory: Nahele
August 2 We have very sad news. A carcass was found deep in the desert by Maile Alday, a great supporter, upon which she called our hotline immediately. We went to investigate right away, to find out who it was, and what could have possibly happened. (To support our important fieldteam, please click donate on ...
Salt River Wild Horse Lawsuit Update
August 1 For the case against the Salt River wild horses, we have hired a NEPA expert; attorney Randall M. Weiner and the court has accepted our attorney's appearance in the case already. Yesterday July 31st, the attorneys for the Tonto National Forest filed a motion to dismiss the case, based on the fact that ...
Today, is a memorable day for us PLUS it is Diamond’s 8th Birthday!!
July 31 💎Diamond💎 On July 31st, 2015, a wild horse was born on the same day of the fatefull 📄impound notice for the removal of the Salt River wild horses. Diamond stole people’s 💕hearts, and at just a few days old, he looked in the 📷 cameras of the news reporters, whinnied, and ended ...
We had a Breyer Horse auction on our Facebook!
July 30 We had a Breyer Horse auction on our Facebook! All items have been sold. Here's an archive: We are having horse auctions! NOT not real horse auctions ofcourse, but BREYER collectable horse auctions! We have inherited a beautiful and rare collection of Breyers from a dear supporter Judith Grover, and we are auctioning ...
Alpine wild horses get a new home after the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service evicted them.
July 29 It is thanks to our donators that we could afford to pay for their bail from the auction, their coggins testing and their tickets to this paradise! There are more Alpine wild horses who need to get there so please stay tuned and let's support the #wildhorserefuge! #alpinewildhorses #shameonASNF The Wild Horse ...
We had a great presentation/meeting with the awesome folks of VisitMesa today!
July 28 As most of you know, the Salt River wild horses are a great economic boon to our local economy, because of the worldwide interest in them. Because the future is going to bring evermore people to our beautiful Tonto National Forest, we believe it is very important to lead eco-tourism in a positive ...
Do you love our posts? They are made with love!
July 26 Do you love our posts? They are made with love! Did you know every like is like adding your voice for wild horses? So 1,2 what you gonna do? Like, comment, and share our Facebook posts to spread the message!
From our FAQ’s: Are the Salt River horses wild and native horses, or stray livestock/feral horses?
July 25 The Salt River wild horses are a historically significant population of unbranded, unclaimed, wild and free-roaming horses, that were born in the wild and are now protected by State Law within the national forest. Evidence indicates that wild horses have been living on the lower Salt River since well before the Tonto ...
Salt River Wild Horses are NOT Stray Livestock.
July 25 The Salt River wild horses are protected from harassment, interference, killing and slaughter by the Salt River Horse Act passed in 2016, or ARS 3-1491. The Act also establishes that they are NOT stray livestock. A little snippet of knowledge... Thank you for your support.
Salt River wild horses help mitigate extremely high firedanger.
July 23 Salt River wild horses are doing a great job at mitigating our extremely high firedanger. They are eating the yellowed and dried up forage, which is just kindle waiting for a spark. Right now we can smell the fire that is burning near mm 207, just 10 miles from us (no wild horses ...
Happy Birthday 6th Birthday, Gem!
July 23 Wow how time flies, it is Gems 6th Bday! Read her story below and see how she is doing every day, on our page dedicated to our Salt River rescues. Answer the questions and you'll be let in on this very special page! Debra L Mykitiak > SRWHMG- Wild Rescues Happy ...
It’s 118 degrees! They aren’t budging at all!
July 22 Salt River wild horses aren't budging on a hot day like today. They know the river is just as much theirs as it is ours! Please respect them by keeping 50 ft distance. We have fought hard to keep them here and we are glad that the public can still see them, ...
Those darn horses! 😅
July 20 Lol. Every once in a while we have a wild horse on the road, because people leave fences open. Our team, always gets them safely back behind the fence! We just want to give some kudo's to our amazing road patrol team, not skipping a beat even in oven heat. Yes the horse ...
👁👁 Focusing on what’s important: protecting what we want to keep. 🐴🐴🐴
July 17 It's sad though that Facebook likes to show the less important things. If it's about a baby, so cute, or about a passing away of a horse, so sad, when we post that, it gets shown to all of our followers! But when it's about paying for an attorney to sue the contractor ...
Little Alpine baby needed a little help and is doing much better now.
July 16 This foal was born right after we got his mare from the Alpine wild horse auctions. That of course meant they could not travel with the others to the Wild Horse Refuge yet. So our volunteers are taking care of him and his mom and an auntie, at a property in the ...
Today is National I love horses day!
July 15 We know you all love the Salt River wild horses and we know you want us to do everything in our power to ensure their longterm future, but are you willing to show that love and support with a couple of dollars a month? Or even just one time? We need it not ...
It’s the season for eelgrass!
July 14 Salt River wild horses snorkel for eelgrass in the Salt River, every year at this time until the end of summer, video by Chuck Donald, Reel by SRWHMG
Cooling off the best way they know how!
July 14 Besides for Center for Biological Diversity and their sportshunter friends, who doesn't love the Salt River wild horses? ABC15 Arizona Cooling off the best way they know how on a 114º day at the Salt River! 💦🐎☀ Photo: Larry Naftzger Photo by Randi Najac.
He knows love, he knows nature, he knows survival, he knows family
July 13 He knows love, he knows nature, he knows survival, he knows family, he knows people with big and little black boxes, but he knows no evil. Our little boy is growing up wild and free in all his Splendor. SRWHMG is here to ensure his future for all Arizonans to enjoy and ...
Northeast Valley News: “Smiling next to a dead horse, these people hate wild horses, they hate them”— says Salt River Wild Horse protection director against group filing lawsuit over herd
July 12 The picture referred to in this article is in the comments.
Please join the “Alpine Wild Horse Advocates”!
July 10 For news on the Alpine wild horses, please join the "Alpine Wild Horse Advocates" on Facebook! Thank you dear supporters! This is a picture of Eagar's band in their own little paradise in Williams, AZ. Thank you Molly's Mustangs!
From our Advocates page, Soldier and his mom Serena!
July 10 It looks like Serena is finally telling Soldier to do his own eelgrass snorkeling from now on. Soldier turned 3 years old on July 3rd. In the wild, mares let their foals stay as long as they can, as long as the lead stallion allows. As a newborn, SRWHMG intervened in a ...
Alpine Animal Welfare Concern Report regarding the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service Roundup
July 8 Alpine Animal Welfare Concern Report regarding the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service Roundup: In this report we expose incidents of blatant cruelty, as well as concerns about fraud by the contractor Rail Lazy H. (taking the horses she wants before the auction, and never putting them in the auction) One of the saddest ...
Share this reel if you want to help!
July 4 Share if you want to help! How perceptive and smart and communicative is this new Alpine wild horse at just 2 hours old! Wild horses are amazing and should be treated with utmost care! But the the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest Service doesn't think so. They are rounding up wild horses during ...
They will do and say anything to get rid of them.
July 4 We call them horse haters because they really are. They take smirking pictures with dead wild horses and send it to each other. They will do and say anything to get rid of them. The false claims wild horse haters fabricate to suit their agenda are so outrageous that you wonder if they've ...
While we celebrate our own freedom today, we ask you, please help us fight for theirs.
July 4 Ah the colors red white and blue were just out of order as they grazed peacefully, unaware that their freedom is once again not assured. Even while protected by State Law and humanely managed, a battle for their freedom will ensue in court soon. So while we celebrate our own freedom today, ...
Stay cool and be cool to wild horses! Enjoy this viral video one more time!
July 1 Stay cool and be cool to wild horses! Enjoy this viral video one more time! June 6th, 2020 Stay cool and be cool. It's another very busy weekend on the lower Salt River and we just want to remind everyone that wild horses need the river just as much as we ...
When you haven’t seen a wild horse all day, this is where they are…
July 1 When you haven't seen a wild horse all day, this is where they are; deep in the shade of the mesquite tree forests that they themselves helped create and cultivate. Really you ask? Here's how. The horses eat the mesquite beans as a source of protein, and then poop them out. The ...
Watch Gizmo gather his band to cross the river!
July 2 Lead stallion Gizmo is half blind, but he is a great leader and never leaves anyone behind. Watch how he patiently gathers his band to cross the river. Help us protect the Salt River wild horses, share their beauty, follow our page.
This just in! Video from #thewildhorserefuge of our Alpine wild mares and foals from the auctions!
June 30 Remember how we said you can buy their happiness? YOU, our supporters and donors paid for their tickets to this paradise! And we, SRWHMG volunteers and managers, certainly went the extra mile to get them there! The logistics, the feeding and caring, the ID-ing, the coggins testing and the transport have kept us ...
The ever beautiful, ever peaceful, ever loved Salt River wild horses.
June 29 The ever beautiful, ever peaceful, ever loved Salt River wild horses.
Those wild horses are just ruining the environment of the lower Salt River, right?
June 26 "Those wild horses are just ruining the environment of the lower Salt River, right?", said no one ever, except for those with a motive to get rid of all wild horses for financial gain. In this picture and the bigger one, what's treasure and what's trash? Thank you for your support for humane ...
Thank you, Congressman David Schweikert, for your support!
June 26 We were honored with a visit from Congressman David Schweikert and his beautiful son and daughter this morning, at our SRWHMG facility. Congressman Schweikert is very intune with the Wild Horse Issue and he is just as concerned as we are about what is happening with the Alpine wild horses, as well ...
Crazy auction! Uno and his mares get their ticket to paradise!
June 26 We bid all horses up to over kill price, and even after that, someone kept outbidding us on ALL horses! This is why we need all good homes to contact us because we do not want to bid against good homes at all, but we will bid up all horses to over ...
Our first load of Alpine wild horses made it to #thewildhorserefuge!
June 25 Our first load of Alpine wild horses, all the mares without foals, have made it safely to #thewildhorserefuge !! Wild and free once more and forever!! We hope these pictures bring you as much peace as they do us, after all the efforts blood sweat and tears, this is soo sweet. The ...
Ring Auction Results – Help us get resources to save more Alpine wild horses!
June 24 AUCTION CLOSED: The winning bid of this beautiful ring is Linda Bradley at $1000! Congratulations Linda! And thank you for saving 2 Alpine wild horses with this! Thank you to everyone who was bidding, we will do some more auctions like this and we will take in any donations of valuable items ...
They are on their way!
June 24 It's a long and arduous process: Load from auction to SRWHMG temporary holding. Feed lots of hay to strengthen them up. Load from SRWHMG temporary holding to the veterinary clinic for Coggins. Feed lots of hay. Wait for health certificates. Load from the veterinary clinic for a freedom ride to #thewildhorserefuge. Repeat 5 ...
We need more time and more resources to save more Alpine wild horses.
June 23 Breaking News: We need more time and more resources to save more Alpine wild horses! Please thank Fox10 Phoenix and ABC15 for their coverage of this urgent effort!
Meanwhile at the Salt River…
June 22 Horses are wondering when the eelgrass will be served because this green algea is not as good. (Our feed program is still inactive.) To stay tuned to the Alpine wild horses, please head to Alpine Wild Horse Advocates. P.S. Which Salt River wild horse are these?
New Alpine baby, born early this morning, “talks” to SRWHMG volunteer!
June 20 So precious! Can you imagine what could have happened to him instead? His whinnie feels like a great big "Thank you" for saving his mom and the 70 Alpines from the last two auctions. Our supporters and volunteers are pulling out all the stops for this incredible feat. These auctions are without limitation ...
Back to our regular Salt River Horse programming.
June 19th After saving a boatload of Alpine wild horses we will go back to our regular Salt River Horse programming. Have you ever seen a purple horse? We have one! 💜 No you can't adopt him, because he's never going to be removed. He is going to live his life taking care of his ...
Making your own fundraiser to save an Alpine wild horse.
June 19th Thank you Ruth for doing this! Sadly (at time of this post) it does not have any donations in it. Please help Ruth, help SRWHMG, help an Alpine wild horse get to the Wild Horse Refuge! The auction was very expensive as someone was bidding against us. But horses still need their coggins ...
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all fathers of every species.
June 18th This is Dad Lindor, also nicknamed Keith Urban for his mane, with his son Splendor, the only Salt River foal of 2023. Because of our fertility control program success, now no one can say birth control on wild horses doesn't work. Clearly it does, as long as you have a dedicated and detailed ...
Thank you for your support! Meanwhile, at the river…
June 17th While we are working our butts off trying to save Alpine wild horses, we've still got our shifts covered at the river as well, no worries! Our road patrol team, field team, darting team, and our habitat improvement team don't skip a beat, even in this heat! Please continue to donate to the ...
THIS. The Wild Horse Refuge!
June 17th Every Alpine wild horse YOU can help rescue gets a ticket to THIS paradise. But it costs $500 minimum per horse for their bail/transport/coggins/feed/ plus temporary facilities! 43 are already safe already thanks to 225 angels. Overwhelmingly, there is another auction this weekend and it will keep going until there is no wild ...
#AlpineWildHorses update
June 17th Alpine's band (with new babies), meets Majestic's band w new babies, taken at the end of May by AWHA. How nauseating that they were captured right after this. Alpine was the very first stallion and band we documented in the Apache Forest, hence his name. It is nauseating that both of these peaceful ...
Beautiful, gorgeous ever watchful lead stallion Coconino.
June 11th He is in the Alpine wild horse auction with most of his band (but not all). We almost didn't recognize him in the bad cell phone auction pictures. Removed from the Apache Sitgreaves Forest, just last week, seperated from his family, stuffed together with 21 other stallions, this amazing specimen of a historic ...
Watch little Splendor bug his daddy!
June 10th The fact that you can still watch beautiful wild horse families in Arizona is amazing! It is due to our humane management programs under the AZDA Salt River Horse Herd . But let's watch out because some organizations are out to get them. Right now we are working hard at raising funds and ...
Can you buy happiness? We have found a way in which you can!
June 8th UPDATE: 193 people got this fundraiser to it's goal of buying them all!! These 193 people are their angels who are buying their tickets to paradise. And it really is wild horse paradise where they can peacefully roam together as families again! Thank you to The Wild Horse Refuge. Now we just have ...
Our superpower.
June 8th Do you want to know why we ask you to call and write your legislators? Because you are our superpower. Regardless of if you felt like u were heard, or if you got an answering machine, regardless if you got a vague letter back, from which you couldn't even tell how the legislator ...
This cute little Alpine wild horse needs your help!
June 8th Horses just as cute as her are going to be sold this weekend! We are trying to save them but what we need right now is people calling legislators to ask for their support. This reel will not be very popular, because it requires action, but wouldn't you like to help make a ...
The Bullet fire is fully contained, 3355 acres. Thank you firefighters!!
June 7th U.S. Forest Service-Tonto National Forest Total acres updated to 3240 acres. WILDFIRE UPDATE: The Bullet Fire is fully contained, 3355 acres. There are still crews on the scene to monitor and patrol. Smoke is still be visible from State Route 87. The Lower Sycamore and Sugar Loaf areas will remain closed until deemed ...
Watch this awesome video of two of our most popular boys sparring, Coyote and Rascal!
June 7th Coyote is a super vocal horse and you can almost understand what he squeals when Rascal grabs him a little too rough! So cute! No horse was hurt, and in the end, when they run towards our filming volunteer, she was not hurt either, because she was smart in a tree. (Never approach ...
May the little angels above save us all, from enemies great or small.
June 5th Wild horses have an important place in nature, and important place in our economy and a great big place in our hearts. Just now strong enough, to send this video of Mirabelle, our Salt River angel above.
We wish you the very best, Makenzie!
June 5th We are very sad to see our Liaison Makenzie move on in her career in law enforcement. We have handled many challenging issues together and have truly enjoyed working with her so much over the past 3 years. We've appreciated her expertise and real understanding of wild horses and her kindness towards our ...
Beautiful people came to see beautiful wild horses from the other side of the world!
June 5th Beautiful people came to see beautiful wild horses from the other side of the world! There would be protests the world over, if anyone actually tried to reduce the Salt River wild horses to where the public couldn't find them anymore. Just sayin'... They are loved, they are a boon to our economy, ...
Buy one necklace, get a bracelet free!
June 4th Buy a beautiful "run free" horse necklace and get a "I stand with wild horses" bracelet free! Let everyone know you love wild horses! Proceeds from any of our merchandise will go towards legal funds for the Salt River wild horses. Thank you so much for your support.
Is it the 314 Salt River wild horses, or 8 million visitors?
June 3rd It's not the 314 Salt River wild horses who are posing a threat to the natural environment, it's the 8 million visitors. The Salt River wild horses are actually helping the environment.
What an amazing sight seeing the Salt River wild horses crossing the Salt River together!
June 2nd These are no less than 8 different bands crossing at the same time! These horses are lived and cherished all over the world. Please support us in helping to protect them.
Protecting wild horses.
May 31st Every day our group is busy with our fertility control program and our habitat improvement program. These horses are being targeted in court by the Center for Biological Diversity. We see lots of environmental concerns, but NOT from horses. Perhaps CBD should come down here to help clean up. Did you know we ...
As part of our habitat improvement program, we pick up trash along the Salt River.
May 30th As part of our habitat improvement program, SRWHMG volunteers continually pick up trash along the Salt River. We do not ask anyone for donations for it; we do it because we care about the environment. Center for Biological Diversity members do nothing to clean up along the Salt River, yet they claim to ...
The lower Salt River is Crrrazy busy!!
May 29th This river is managed for all stakeholders, including every kind of recreational activity on the river. For CBD (Center for Biological Diversity) to claim the horses are ruining this environment is a new level of dishonesty. The yellow billed cuckoo is much more bothered by people and the pollution we leave than by ...
“This is their river much more than it is ours”
May 27th They are amazing athletes, our Salt River wild horses. For centuries they have evolved in and around this river. They teach their foals how to swim on the same day they are born. They eat and graze from the river and they sleep in it. When they are injured, they stay right next ...
Just another beautiful day on the Salt River!
May 24th Let’s pretend for a minute that you were a yellow-billed cuckoo, who wanted to make a nest, would you be more deterred by the 4 legged or by the 2-legged river goers with the boomboxes? But watch how patiently this horse waits his turn like its a traffic light. They are just such ...