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Share For the 4th of July!
July 9, 2019

Share For the 4th of July!

Share for the 4th of July: Because if you are a loyal supporter of ours, you are helping us to protect a huge symbol of American Freedom and Independence. Have a safe and happy Independence Day everyone! SRWHMG

Wishing You a Beautiful Day!
July 9, 2019

Wishing You a Beautiful Day!

Wishing our supporters a good morning, and a beautiful day from the Enchanted Forest where Salt River wild horses are sleeping in this morning! This Forest is alive with the sound of wild horses! https://www.facebook.com/saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup/videos/375234086467160/

Come to the Final Race of the Night Mare series by Run Your Race AZ!
July 9, 2019

Come to the Final Race of the Night Mare series by Run Your Race AZ!

The third and final race of the Night Mare series by Run Your Race AZ supporting the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group is coming up Friday July 26th! (If you aren't a runner, you are welcome to come out and walk as well, and doggies too!) Race takes place at AZ Falls, located at ...

Fundraiser At Culver’s!
July 2, 2019

Fundraiser At Culver’s!

Stop by Culver's this week July 1st thru July 7th and enjoy a meal or dessert and show your support. Just let the cashier know you're there to support the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group.

The Riverholics find a gun in 25 feet deep whirl pool
June 24, 2019

The Riverholics find a gun in 25 feet deep whirl pool

We have some very exciting news to share.. Do you remember back on May 31, 2019, we mentioned how one of our PZP darters had ended up turned over by an eddy and went under along with our pzp dart gun? Colton of The Riveraholics reached out to us to find out more details about ...

EMERGENCY FEED PROTOCOL
April 9, 2018

EMERGENCY FEED PROTOCOL

PLEASE BUY ONE BALE OF HAY FOR THE SALT RIVER WILD HORSES Arizona has had a one of the driest winters in history and we are in a record breaking drought with no relief in sight. While it is normal for wild horses to have a skinny season and a fat season, this drought has ...

Improving Safety on Bush Highway
March 26, 2018

Improving Safety on Bush Highway

At 7.30pm Saturday March 24th, we were called to one of the most horrific horse/vehicle accidents we've ever been called to. We immediately called it in to MCSO who were on the scene quickly. The people in the vehicle, who were physically ok, as well as the witnesses, were as horrified and shocked as we ...

FOAL AND ITS RESCUERS RESCUED!
March 23, 2018

FOAL AND ITS RESCUERS RESCUED!

We received an emergency call on Thursday after noon March 22nd that a foal was in possible trouble in the water. Our volunteers Bren and Ryan Schultz arrived on the scene within ten minutes and were able to save the foal from drowning just as it was floating away and dissapearing under water. SRP had ...

BREAKING: The power of the public prevails again, this time on a national scale!!
March 21, 2018

BREAKING: The power of the public prevails again, this time on a national scale!!

The Omnibus bill includes the right language to keep the option of slaughtering healthy wild horses OFF the table! If you made even one phone call, then YOU made a difference, thank you! We want to congratulate our national coalition partner the American Wild Horse Campaign, as they fought tooth and nail for this in ...

Red Beauty Rescue
March 19, 2018

Red Beauty Rescue

For months we have been monitoring Red Beauty, and with dread, watched his condition go from bad to worse. Once a shiny red roan, after several bouts of colic late last year, he never fully recovered and is now in emaciated condition. We've been getting a lot of calls on him as he made a ...

Salt River Wild Horses Protected By Law!
January 11, 2018

Salt River Wild Horses Protected By Law!

On Friday, December 29, 2017, the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group released the following press release in regards to the new Salt River Horse Act. Salt River Wild Horse Management Group Commends State & Feds for Signing MOU to Protect the Salt River Wild Horses Salt River Wild Horse Protection Act Becomes Law! Mesa, ...

SRWHMG Holds First Annual Fundraiser
October 13, 2017

SRWHMG Holds First Annual Fundraiser

It was two years ago, that the Salt River wild horses were almost removed and “disposed” of by the Forest Service.  Due to the unprecedented public outrage ignited by the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, these historic and majestic animals are still grazing the banks of the Salt River and are enjoyed by thousands …

Advocates of wild horses deliver 300,000 signature petition to Sen. Flake
September 18, 2017

Advocates of wild horses deliver 300,000 signature petition to Sen. Flake

3TV | CBS 5 PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Advocates of Arizona’s wild horses delivered on Wednesday a 300,000-signature petition to Sen. Jeff Flake's office in Phoenix, opposing the mass killing of federally protected horses and burros across the U.S. The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group and its partner, the American Wild Horse Campaign, are ...

WILD HORSE VIEWING GUIDELINES
June 13, 2017

WILD HORSE VIEWING GUIDELINES

The public of Arizona fought hard for the protection of the iconic and beloved Salt River wild horses so that they can stay in their home where they have lived for centuries.  The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, whose volunteers are present daily to monitor and steward the wild horses, are seeing more incidents ...

BREAKING NEWS:  President’s Budget proposes to murder wild horses.
May 25, 2017

BREAKING NEWS:  President’s Budget proposes to murder wild horses.

The budget, if approved, will allow for the murder and slaughter of Americas wild horses and burros on a national scale! The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group is once again outraged! While it may not affect the Salt River wild horses directly, this budget will put all wild horses and burros under the jurisdiction ...

Thank You Firefighters
May 12, 2017

Thank You Firefighters

The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) reports that all wild horses in the  vicinity of the Cactus Fire have been located and are safe including the very pregnant mare we were monitoring, who gave birth on Wednesday morning not even half a mile from where the fire was raging. Despite starting his life ...

SRWHMG Volunteers Keep Eye on Horses During Fire
April 29, 2017

SRWHMG Volunteers Keep Eye on Horses During Fire

Salt River Wild Horses Survive Cactus Fire Fox10 MESA, Ariz. (KSAZ) - It was a busy day for fire crews as they worked to get control of several wildfires in our state, including the Cactus Fire, which is burning close to home in the Tonto National Forest near Mesa. There is concern about a herd ...

Amazing Recognition of Death in Wild Horses: Sad, but Beautiful.
March 22, 2017

Amazing Recognition of Death in Wild Horses: Sad, but Beautiful.

We did our very best today, to help a young wild mare who's baby had gotten stuck and died during delivery. Our experienced field team had jumped into action and our vet was getting there as fast as she could, but sadly the mare went into septic shock and passed, the baby had simply been ...

Wild Horses Trapped in a Fountain Hills Neighborhood.
December 18, 2016

Wild Horses Trapped in a Fountain Hills Neighborhood.

 Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) guides them Home for the Holidays  azfamily.com 3TV | Phoenix Breaking News, Weather, Sport Fountain Hills, AZ (December 17, 2016) . . . Many Fountain Hills residents noticed the pair of wild horses in their backyards and neighborhood streets for the past several weeks. The horses were welcomed ...

November 29, 2016

Arizona House Congressional leaders call for humane fertility control of Salt River wild horses

Phoenix, AZ (November 23, 2016)... In a sign on letter sent to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week, Republican and Democrat members of the Arizona House Delegation called on the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), a division of the USDA, to immediately approve a humane fertility control program to manage the Salt River horses of the Tonto ...

November 7, 2016

Reward Offered, Help From Public Sought in Salt River Wild Horse Shooting

The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) and the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot three Salt River wild horses in the Tonto National Forest on Friday. At least one horse – a beautiful …

ABC Arizona: Fighting to Save Wild Horses
October 5, 2016

ABC Arizona: Fighting to Save Wild Horses

Killing off the wild horses of the American West, animal lovers are furious over a proposal to do just that. It's already been rejected, but the fight over federal land and free-roaming herds is far from over.

Wild Horse Advocates Call For Humane Wild Horse and Burro Management at Regional AZ BLM Meeting
October 4, 2016

Wild Horse Advocates Call For Humane Wild Horse and Burro Management at Regional AZ BLM Meeting

https://www.facebook.com/saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup/videos/1102039426545481/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Simone Netherlands, SRWHMG, 928-925-7212 Rally & Press Conference Thursday: Wild Horse Advocates Call For Humane Wild Horse and Burro Management at Regional AZ BLM Meeting Salt River Wild Horse Management Group to Decry Recommendation for Mass Killing of 45,000 Captured Mustangs Phoenix, AZ (September 13, 2016).... The Salt River Wild ...

Historic Bill to Protect Salt River Wild Horses signed by Governor Doug Ducey
June 24, 2016

Historic Bill to Protect Salt River Wild Horses signed by Governor Doug Ducey

Phoenix, AZ (May 11th, 2016). . . .HB 2340, the bill to protect the famed Salt River wild horses in the Tonto National Forest cleared its last hurdle in the Arizona legislature on May 5th with a 53-3 vote in the House of Representatives and was signed on May 11th by Governor Doug Ducey! While ...