We received a complaint yesterday- it was serious; someone was very upset and explained that last year at this time, he got lots of pics of babies... and this year, he could not find even one. BEST COMPLIMENT EVER! 🥳 Last year, on this exact day, we had 25 foals on the ground - this ...
At this difficult time we plead with you 🙏, please do not forget about the Salt River wild horses and our important rescue program. Even now our rescues at our facility need to eat and our work needs to continue, because these horses count on us. 💶 Our programs do not get funded by anyone ...
Survival. We are all in survival mode. Wild horses are always in survival mode so we can learn a lot from them. During this difficult time of donations we, as an organization, also have to survive. We really appreciate all of our loyal donors and we appreciate all photographers who give a percentage of their ...
Watch the transformation! That's what humane management is all about. Happy Birthday Pacman!! (4 years old today!) Here are 10 ways YOU can help. At this difficult time we plead with you, please do not forget about the Salt River wild horses, and our important rescue program! Our rescues at our facility need to eat ...
Diverting a little bit from our regular programming we want to see if our supporters would like to protect Arizona burros as well as Arizona wild horses. Today, in the spirit of April fools day, plus Coronavirus, plus burros, we made a humorous and relevant image that we hope you will share. Also, today is ...
The Salt River wild horses need your help and this April 7th it is Arizona Gives day! We are hoping that you won't forget about these Arizona treasures, during these difficult times for everyone. 🐴 In 2015 we saved the Salt River wild horses and offered better solutions as an alternative; we promised that we ...
This little horse may look like just a brown horse to anybody, but this Salt River wild horse has a story. Her name is Spring, and she is alive today because of humane wild horse management. She was less than 2 weeks old when she became separated and very far lost from her band. At ...
What we do for the Salt River wild horses and why we need your support In 2015, we saved the Salt River wild horses by "stampeding" Congress and the Forest Service while also offering solutions as an alternative; we promised that we could manage wild horses humanely, for the public and by the public. We ...
To all who believe in humane wild horse management, to all who can see clearly through the meanest of mudslinging elsewhere, and to all who take time out of their lives, time and time again, to give these sensitive, innocent, and beautiful wild horses a voice... we love you. While we were at the house ...
At a hearing before the Land & Agriculture Committee you committed to amend your bill, HB 2858, to address the concerns that it would prohibit necessary, life-saving management activities for the Salt River wild horses. On March 9, you posted a press release informing the public that you were putting your bill on hold (while ...
Committee Hearing is today, Monday March 16th 1 pm. From the safety of your homes, please take action online TODAY to stop this attack on the beloved Salt River wild horses. What You Can Do: Please send emails to the rules committee members, here are their addresses. After that please also post on their social ...
Good or bad, we bring you news about the Salt River wild horses, this time the news is sad. After a note to our fb page from a concerned citizen about a carcass in a remote area, our volunteers went out to search. They crossed the Salt River and hiked all afternoon until they found ...
This is a beautiful and really close look into the bonding process of mom and brand new foal, and the rest of the band. It is the reason why we ask to give wild horses a respectful space. View the video on The Dodo Site's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thedodosite/videos/194870035156699 She was born on April 11th, 2019 ...
ALL CLEAR! A Strangles (Streptococcus Equi) outbreak started in July of 2019, which was discovered and confirmed in August 2019. It has affected a total of 49 Salt River wild horses, mostly the very young and the very old. We monitored each new case closely and quickly established that each new case healed in an ...
The Salt River wild horses, even the babies, are perfectly equipped to deal with a rainstorm. This is one of the few foals we will see this year. We don't get a lot of rain but when cold weather does strike, you’ll probably notice the horse’s coats “standing up,” and making them look fuzzier, softer, ...
Drama; Woman pursues band of horses all afternoon, to hinder SRWHMG. Like we talked about in our previous post, we have a fringe group of "non fans". Sadly, they will not hear of reason and they manage to twist and turn everything we do for the horses, into a bad thing. It has gone from ...
Public record: This is a letter from Forest Supervisor Neil Bosworth about the current AZDA/SRWHMG project to bring Mick's band through the tunnel to the "safe side"; the legal Salt River horse habitat. This is NOT a plot by the Forest Service to get rid of any horses. There is no roundup planned of any ...
Lots and lots of Salt River wild horses. Have you ever noticed that on some days you find not a wild horse, and on some days it seems like you have hit the wild horse jackpot? That is because wild horses find safety and familiarity in numbers. They each have their distinct family bands, but ...
This is an explanation of the current project on the border of the Sunflower allotment and the Salt River horse habitat. ***Please do not push, disturb or harass the horses that we are trying to get to safety.*** The Sunflower allotment is partially active and partially in non-active status. The allotment has a boundary with ...
Bachelors, single guys, moved out of Mom and Dad's house, but haven't started their own families yet. They like to hang out, play jokes on each other and just generally have a good time. Sound similar to people at all? But they also take care of their own. See the littlest horse? He sustained a ...
Today is Rosco's 4th birthday and the anniversary of our Rescue Program. The significance of today is that 4 years ago, we did not have much. At that time we were about 15 people with big dreams of treating wild horses humanely and of course a determined leader. Today, our organization has grown to over ...
Today is national horse protection day. Protecting wild horses is a constant challenge, especially lately. We understand keeping wild horses off the roads, however, we have huge concern with the new cattleguards. We have expressed in writing, (all last year during a collaborative process), how important it would be to have horse-safe cattleguards in an ...
What does the word "wild" mean, is it synonymous with "just let them suffer"? Do the critics have the same to say of some other local rescues like Southwest Wildlife who rescue any and all wildlife, or Liberty Wildlife who rescue birds? Does the rescue of one, make the rest of them any less wild? ...
Good news! The bill that blocks humane management of Salt River wild horses, lost its co-sponsor. Rep. Kelly Townsend refused to add an amendment to her bill (HB2858) yesterday, offered by the only co-sponsor of the bill, Rep. Jay Lawrence. Following a committee hearing, Rep. Jay Lawrence, asked her to amend the bill to clarify ...
🚨ALARM: The sponsor of the original Salt River Horse Act, Rep. Kelly Townsend, has sponsored a bad bill, HB 2858, which would amend and potentially undermine the original Salt River Horse Act by limiting humane management. The bill as written will block life-saving measures that are sometimes necessary to sustain the health and well-being of ...
Holding our horses. The Salt River wild horses are protected by the State of Arizona from killing, slaughter and harassment, but contrary to what most people think, the same bill does not actually protect them from roundup and removal, or habitat reductions. That is why we ask for your support all the time; we are ...
Born free. How's this for an amazing Valentine's day story!? A local Frt McDowell (FMD) reservation member finds a wet newborn foal on the side of frt McDowell rd and Magyoda drive early this morning, Valentines day 2020. The gentleman, (we want to try to find out his name), does the right thing and calls ...
It's been a long road. Before 2016 on Bush Hwy there was no sign that warned people that horses existed in this area. Wild horses could get onto the road just about anywhere, and the fences had not been maintained by anyone in 20 years, there was even question about who's fence it was in ...
At the current time the Salt River herd is in excellent condition with body scores of predominantly 4's. Our supplemental feed program has greatly contributed to the overall herd health since the drought of 2018 when the health of the entire herd was in jeopardy. Forage conditions The year of 2019 started with good forage ...
[Feb. 4th, 2020] Alert: We need your support. We are the target of a vicious defamation campaign. We have not responded to it so far, because we need to stay focused on our important job of protecting and humanely managing the Salt River wild horses, plus we have a policy of ignoring all negativity. The ...
Dear litterer, So you came to the Tonto National Forest, maybe you stopped at a circle K to buy some sodas and a few beers. You had a great time, maybe with some friends, and you were able to forget about your worries and leave some of your troubles behind. It was getting late and ...
Protecting the protected Salt River wild horses. Wow, NINE HUNDRED riders (sign-ins) were in the Tonto National Forest to rally behind us and stand up for the Salt River wild horses today! Riders agreed- the river fence is ugly, it's terrible for wild horses, and we don't need it! The ride went off without a ...
What made Lancelot a rare horse was not only his character, but also his flat grey color like no other horse on the river. We called it groan, a combination of a grey and a roan. His sire was Bouncer, a light orange roan and very stocky horse, who disappeared in 2016. His dam (mother) ...
We very much regret to have to tell you awful news. This afternoon, we found the much loved, gorgeous lead stallion Lancelot, deceased. We are absolutely distressed and have no idea what could have happened to him. He was a healthy, young and powerful lead stallion; they usually don't just turn up dead. We saw ...
NOTICE: Want to help? View our action plans here! [January 17th] We had some meetings at the Tonto National Forest yesterday. The first was about the draft Tonto plan and the second about the metal riverfence. We have some clarification on the gate/fence that will go across the river. It will not be barbed wire, ...
NOTICE: Want to help? View our action plans here! Some of the news pieces are confusing and make it seem like we oppose all fencing. Luckily most of you know that we have been maintaining the fencing for years and have accomplished the many MCDOT safety improvements and are now crossing wild horses safely at ...
Rosy, Peanut and Prince, our rescued orphans, are the best of buddies and they play all day long. However, accidents can happen; either Rosy or Peanut, who are a little bit older, must have placed an unfortunate kick at Prince (although we did not see the exact moment it happened) and Prince has a severely ...
We are still just a small organization; we don't have millions of dollars and we cannot hire professional fencers. However what we do have, is many determined people applying teamwork, expertise and determination, to accomplish amazing things together. Bush Highway is a road that cuts directly through the habitat of the Salt River wild horses, ...
[Dec. 27] BREAKING: release of important documents. Long Term wild horse management plan, Tonto Resource Management Plan and the only actual Wild horse protection plan; read all about it on our website. We have been very busy with all of this, please remember to stand by our side. Managing wild horses FOR and BY the ...
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Of course wild horses do not take a day off, so our road patrol and our caretakers had Christmas dinner on the job! Lancelot's band was in the road again at Granite Reef for a third day in a row. This is Lancelot's daughter Mori, who is his ...
Just some exhausted SRWHMG volunteers sitting on the fence after putting up barbless wire fencing on the south side of Bush Hwy! To never see another horse get hit on Bush Hwy, THAT is all that we want for Christmas. EXPLANATION: Because the Northside of Bush Hwy is now completely fenced by the Forest Service ...
We were very glad to support this effort by our national coalition partner the American Wild Horse Campaign. We want to express our sincere thanks to our Arizona congressman Raul Grijalva as well as congressman David Schweikert, who are standing up for all wild horses in a bipartisan letter. The letter asked for better wild ...
[Dec. 5th] One of our rescues, sweet Agave, yesterday evening, was acting weird, making grunting noises and opening and closing her mouth in a weird way. (Agave is a year and a half old) So we called out our mobile vet, doctor Susan Roach, and she discovered a thorny stick stuck in Agave's throat! She ...
Did you know, that the Salt River wild horses are still here, largely because of our humane birth control program? Had we not offered this as THE SOLUTION to controlling the population, as opposed to a roundup, back in 2015, the Forest Service would not have considered making an agreement with the State to let ...
Did you know that all lead stallions of the Salt River know each other? They all have established a certain hierarchy amongst each other. They only need to take one look at each other to know whose band has dominance. They will usually just greet each other, and then the lower ranked band will get ...
2020 limited Edition Salt River Wild Horse Calendars! Order yours quickly. They are gorgeous images by our photographers on quality paper, so you can also use them to put into frames. Important to note that THIS is the ONLY calendar that actually helps the Salt River wild horses. It will provide you with inspiration while ...
A lot of sad recommendations were made in the closed door Salt River Horse collaborative meetings, by ranching, hunting and environmental interests. The recommendations include removal of a large number of Salt River wild horses. It also includes installing barbed wire fences and cattleguards, that will severely reduce their habitat and grazing grounds. It remains ...
[October 27th, 2019] National Make a Difference Day! Our volunteers make a difference!! Thank you Feed Team! Thank you Patrol Team! Thank you Care Team! Thank you Fencing Team! Thank you Darting Team! Thank you Field Team! Thank you Management team! Thank you Environmental Team! Thank you Merchandise Team! Thank you Admin Team!
In the last 5 years, the Salt River herd has grown an average of 11 to 12% of its total, per year. This is well documented by recording every death and every birth in the herd. Our documentation includes horses that have their home ranges on the SRPMIC and Frt McDowell reservations as well. We ...
In 2019 The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) and our coalition partner the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) have worked extensively to secure long term protection for the Salt River wild horses. As 2019 comes to a close, we need to let you know that the fight for their protection is not over. ...
Here is a great place where you can buy unbelievable prints and canvases of the Salt River wild horses! (and also a few of the Onaqui wild horses and Sand Wash Basin wild horses!) By buying one of the beautiful prints, for example of Moon or of Shadowfax, or any of the others, you will ...
A big hand to the AZDA (Arizona Department of Agriculture) for this succesful catch and release of Salt River wild horses! 5 bachelor stallions had gotten themselves in a big pickle by somehow getting on some private property. They were not able to get out the way that they came, as the fencing had been ...
"I ate an occasional flower for breakfast, mesquite leaves for lunch and eelgrass for dinner. I loved my family and my freedom. I never had to run from a helicopter and was never seperated from my family. I never felt the weight of a saddle or the sting of a whip. So many people fought ...
SRP called. They are shutting off the flow of the lower Salt River by reducing the output of the Stewart Mountain Dam to 8 CFS this week. This is always a very sad time of the year for us and leaves one wondering why SRP management does not take the needs of nature and the ...
For a second drought year in a row, with your donations, we are proving that we can get the Salt River wild horses through the worst natural conditions at their highest herd count. It is not easy, it takes thousands of volunteer hours and a lot of organization and planning. It takes very careful execution ...
I am wild, I am free, I am strong, I am victorious. - Shadowfax, yesterday, October 3rd 2019. While he still has more pounds to gain, his wounds have been mended and the sparkle for life is back in his eyes. A little more time is all this old warrior needs to return to his ...
Thank you Natural Restorations and all 406 volunteers that came out this past Sunday to participate in the clean-up at Phon D Sutton recreation area at the Lower Salt River, for National Public Lands Day. What an amazing job everyone did!!!!!
This is our response to a recently published biased article calling the Salt River wild horses diseased and starving! That article appeared to be a deliberate set up and obvious scape goating of protected Salt River wild horses, who are beloved and protected by the great State of Arizona. To those who would still like ...
We regret to inform you that the horse deceased during the flood is lead stallion Half Tail. We last saw him the morning before the flood. Half Tail was the truly amazing and loving lead stallion of Killian's band. (Killian is the first born foal of 2019) He is also the father of Snow, one ...
Announcement: The lower Salt River is officially back open; the closure order in connection with the extreme release of water from Stewart Mountain dam has been terminated. We were not able to fill feed stations this week anywhere, not for Shadowfax or any other sick horses, so we have a lot of work to do ...
ALERT! We received a call from SRP. Because upper reservoirs are full, they are releasing a LOT of water from the Stewart mountain dam into the lower Salt River. UPDATE: It is now a dangerous amount of flooding (between 30,000 and 40,000 CFS) so PLEASE everyone be careful!! SRWHMG volunteers, please evacuate all rec sites, ...
Our Facebook communities are a very busy place and have certainly made a difference. We love all of the horse advocates there! It is the power of the public that has and will continue to keep these horses safe. We should not forget that important battles have been won, but that the war against the ...
Possible clinical signs of strangles (Streptococcus Equi) have been discovered and monitored in Salt River wild horses. UPDATE; a test has come back positive for S. Equi bacteria confirming strangles. Horses affected: 12 Area affected: Sheep's Crossing and Road 2.2 in the Tonto National Forest. Horse back riders please be advised that this is contagious ...
Trash and garbage can hurt wild horses! Comon and join us for a great big cleanup! Thank you Natural Restorations!
Feed stations or no feedstations, these moms are feeding their offspring the best organic meal available; healthy homegrown green spaghetti! (River eelgrass) These are not accidental pictures! Mares really do offer the eelgrass to their offspring, who don't learn how to snorkel until they are older. (We are not sure why it takes the youngens ...
In regards to injuries, it means assessing each case on an individual basis, carefully, and over time. When we observe an injury, sometimes it's a quick clear decision, sometimes it may need a veteranary opinion, and sometimes, it is only time that will tell. We document the case, we report it to AZDA and then ...
We have watched you in your years of prime, we have watched you grow old, we have monitored you for years, you overcame colic as well as many other injuries. We are watching you now struggle with abscesses on your face and a poor body condition. You don't look anything like your powerful self at ...
A domestic horse who lost it's rider was stuck in the giant reeds along the Salt River, at Phon D Sutton just now. Thanks to MCSO lake patrol and the Mesa Fire department the horse has been rescued and both horse and rider are reported to be ok! Great job everyone!! SRWHMG.
This labor day, we want to express our deep appreciation for all of our volunteers for their hard physical labor for the Salt River wild horses. They work to exhaustion, and we sometimes wonder, does anyone really have an idea of all that we do behind the scenes? For example: Our volunteers drag hundreds of ...
For a safe holiday weekend (and any after this) please help us share the following alerts! Please be aware that we have a band of wild horses frequenting the Granite Reef Rec site. It is the only area where we were never authorized to install fence and they have free access back and forth across ...
It's a great grand feast of River eelgrass! It must be filled with lots of vitamins as this is the time of year when they get very shiny! (We are going to test it!) Floating by and watching them is so peaceful, where else in the world can you experience this? Thank you, CBS5!
Do you all remember poor emaciated Rosy, who lost her mother, and was rescued per MCSO fanboat?? Look at her now! We want to thank everyone who is sponsoring her plus she can use more sponsors! To learn about how to sponsor a Salt River horse, click here. We want to thank everyone on our ...
Some people have expressed concern about "what if our supplemental feed program will influence their seasonal migrating patterns?" We give you exhibit A. These bands have already migrated down to their historic home ranges just like we said they would, feed stations or no feed stations. (We have no feed stations anywhere near this area) ...
Last week wild horse herd managers and scientist came together in Billings Montana for a 3 day birth control conference, organized by the Science and Conservation Center. Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, (SRWHMG) and Jacquelynn Hughes, AZDA Salt River Horse Liaison, presented together on the SRWHMG birth control program ...
Dear supporters. It's been a heck of a week. We want to thank all of you who called our hotline on several of these cases. We have had bad cases happen at the same time and we are still finishing up the incident reports. The foal in this video rests in peace now. Her name ...
Salt River wild horses learn to swim the day they are born. But it can get scary when they get caught in the current. We have lost a few already to drowning this year. Watch this foal make it just barely across the river with his family! It got a little scared and called out ...
"Always fight for what you believe in and give it your all, because you might just change the course of history." - Simone Netherlands It was 112 degrees on August 5th, at this rally 4 years ago, it is hard to believe that it has been that long. We were in a fight...not for our ...
We are kicking up our heals today because 1. It is raining! And 2. It is a very important anniversary today (July 31st - Aug 1st), does anyone remember? These wild horses were slated for roundup and removal exactly 4 years ago. Today they are managed for the public and by the public, by SRWHMG ...
When the Salt River is up and running at a good speed (1000 CFS) sometimes young foals can get swept away with the current, while their family band is swimming across the river. We have rescued some from the rapids before, but also, we have found some that have drowned. If the foal doesn't manage ...
As many of you know, the SRWHMG purchased a property for the purpose of giving our rescued Salt River wild horses their happily ever after. The property (along the Beeline Hwy) is a work in progress fueled by the blood, sweat and tears of our hard working SRWHMG volunteers and the generous donations of the ...
We want to thank every single person who ran for the Salt River wild horses tonight! We want to thank Shawn at Run Your Race AZ for organizing this race and for handing us a check!It will be used towards our humane birth control program in order to make sure that not one horse ever has to ...
This FB page is our page for public information, but did you know that we also have another interesting FB page? 🐴 It is a community for photographers who frequent the river, so that we can share experiences together as well as with those who don't get a chance to see the horses often. There is an ...
Getting used to water without pressure,...and then the Salt River wild horse in him comes out! What a good boy! Please share that we need sponsors for our orphan foals, in order to keep up their around the clock care, it's important for them that they are raised right! Please consider a small donation through ...
We have been looking forward to this moment for a long time! For 6 weeks our volunteers have tended to these two orphan foals day and night, each foal with their own set of complicated medical challenges. Peanut overcame two bacterial infections, C-dif and Salmonella, both extremely contagious and dangerous bacterial infections, so we have ...
On June 24th we asked YOU, the public to help get the Salt River wild horses through a tough time again this year. With the ground still depleted from last years drought and no percipitation, the horses are in between food sources. YOU, helped raise a lot of money in ONE day to get it ...
Hi everyone! We want to explain what our policy is on lost/abandoned foals, since we just ended up with yet another one!! When we find a lost foal, or someone else finds a lost foal and calls us, we never just take it out of the forest right away. Sometimes the mares are still closeby ...
Help us hope for a reuniting, because we sure aren't looking for sleepless nights again! We just ended nightwatch over Rosy and Peanut! (They are both doing fantastic). Raising orphan foals is tedious, extremely time-consuming (24hr) and very expensive!
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 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/
Hi everyone, how was your weekend? Our weekend was great! Among other things, our volunteers accomplished the following: Our Road Patrol Team 🚘helped several bands to safer areas, our Feed Team 🐴stocked 6 strategic feed stations with certified weed free alfalfa, our Fencing Team🚧 repaired 2 damaged pieces of fence, our Field Team monitored and documented 2 injuries🐎🐎 and ...