This sweet old gray mare had lived her whole life free on the river, and had survived at least 20 years of natures challenges, hence her name "Old Lady". But this last spring, the drought would have killed her, had we not stepped in and rescued both her and her filly. She was in emaciated ...
The Corolla wild horses are a herd of historic wild horses who live on the outer banks of North Carolina in Currituck County. With hurricane Florence creeping closer, our thoughts are with them as well as all animals and people in its path. Much like our situation, these wild horses were saved by the community ...
All of our supporters are incredibly good at contacting legislators. Today we ask you to give your voices to all BLM managed wild horses by calling congress. Congress will begin discussions to finalize Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations Legislation today. The committee will reconcile differences in the House and Senate versions of these spending bills. If ...
Did you know that we also have a page where you can share your own pictures and experiences with the Salt River wild horses, and interact with others who enjoy coming to the Salt River? It is a wonderful interactive community and has almost reached 8000 members! To visit the page click below and request ...
LABOR of love….🐴💕 Our volunteers do much more than rescue injured Salt River wild horses…For example… A regular day for us starts at 5 am 🕔 with opening of the Forest Service gate at first light. We then patrol all areas where
Managing wild horses this closely, it gets tough sometimes, it does. Danger lies around the corner for each wild horse born free. Only the toughest and luckiest make it past their first year. We know that we cannot save them all, even when we give it our all, like in Cheyenne or in Sidneys case. ...
We are double sad about this: Little Sidney, named after Senator John Sidney McCain, joined him in crossing over to greener pastures where pain does not exist. She put up a brave fight, but succumbed to something mysterious that neither we nor our veteranarians have found the cause for yet. We sent her body down ...
On Saturday we rescued a newborn that was stuck in the river. We named her Sidney in honor of Senator John Sidney McCain, who fought with us for the protection of the Salt River wild horses. We tried to find her band to reunite her, to no avail. But it turns out there was a ...
Did you know that you can follow our rescues much more up close and personal on this page? You can support all of our volunteers there who take such amazing care of all of the rescues. There are daily updates! Request access to our wild rescues page by clicking here. (We dont accept trolls or ...
To all visitors, kayakers, tubers and helicopters above the Salt River. Help needed! -We have rescued a newborn foal that was stuck in brush in the river yesterday. She can still be reunited with the mother if we find her band (her family) today. -We had our search teams out yesterday and again today, and ...
He was a hero for the Salt River wild horses, like he was a hero in many other ways. He represented his constituents powerfully when he wrote letters to the Forest Service questioning the roundup. Thank you Senator McCain. With utmost respect and condolences to Cindy and the family. May he rest in peace. SRWHMG.
Ever wish you could help lift hay bales, mend a fence, clean a recreation area, join a search and rescue, assist in a horse emergency, or work with the wild rescues ...but just can’t find the time or strength? Well, there is another way that you can still help support our efforts simply by having ...
2 little orphan Salt River wild horses feeling fine! Snow is finally strong enough to be together with Gideon. He is not afraid to tell Gideon no! Snow, after losing his mother Snow White, almost died from mesquite bean poisoning. It caused severe acidosis, anemia and hypoglycemia. His blood work was awful and his heart ...
These two sisters, seen here sharing a meal of eel grass, have literally stuck together this close, ever since their mother was hit by a vehicle and died. They are the offspring (1 and 2 year old fillies) of Sarah, who was one of the 5 horses hit by a vehicle months ago, which "spurred" ...
Updates on the Salt River wild rescues in Prescott. At this facility we have Agave (3 months, had impaction colic), Snow (6 weeks, orphan), Gideon (6 weeks, orphan), Rosco (2.5 yrs, abandoned) Pacman (2.5 yrs, suffered from bone infections) and Diamond (3 yrs, lost his hoof in a cattle guard) and Cochise (a horse that ...
A beautiful tribute to Cheyenne from James and Shelley, who dedicated so much time to her. Please thank James and Shelley for that on their page. (Click on this link) You can also sign up for their Trust Technique course and mention that you saw it here, they will donate 25% back to SRWHMG! Thank ...
You did good Mamma, good girl, rest peacefully now. We are so very sorry to inform you, our amazing supporters, that we had to lay Cheyenne to rest. We were working hard for a different outcome, but the angels wouldn't have it. Background: On July 7th, our field team, with the help of Jacquelynn (and ...
Scientifically, wild horses are a reintroduced native species. Economically, they are a big boon to the areas where they exist. Historically, we would not be where we are today without them. Naturally, they help abait wild fires and fertilize the soil where they live. Educationally, the study of wild herd behavior is valuable. Artistically, they ...
Humane Fertility Control is an important part of wild horse management. Without this component we could not have saved the Salt River wild horses. From the very beginning we have said "there are better ways". We've worked hard to solve every safety issue and every management issue in order to prevent their roundup and removal. ...
Gideon, the smallest ever Salt River wild horse says:"To amount to big things, you have to care about the little things too." We want to thank all of our volunteers, and especially the night shift; sometimes they drive from Mesa to Prescott just to have a sleepless night! Little crazy? Maybe. But worth it? Tell ...
Cheyenne is resting her head on her filly Nakota during their afternoon nap. These two are very close and clearly feel safe in their new environment with their Salt River cousins and aunties right next to them for company. (Next to them are Felicity, Iggy, Old Lady, Gem and Mori.) We rescued this unlucky pair ...
Thank you to everyone, young and old, with hearts of gold. This amazing young Lady donated all of her 7th Birthday money to the Salt River wild horses yesterday, at the Tractor Supply fundraiser! We think that is so very special. We would like to do something special in return. We have a little gift ...
What a wild fundraiser at Tractor Supply! We had a great time and are so honored to meet and talk to so many wonderful supporters at our table! You can learn about what we do and about all of our rescued wild horses and their stories. Please come say hi to us again at the ...
"They need us, so then you just be there for them", said Karen, who was on foal watch all night. Foal care is only a SMALL part of what we do at SRWHMG, but it fills a BIG part of our mission statement; Treat the herd, as well as every horse in it, HUMANELY. But ...
Just a little guy fighting to be alive, dreaming about running like the wind in a big arena with his Salt River brothers and sisters. His bloodwork is improving and his iv came out today! We think he will be as white as snow just like his mom Snow White. (who sadly passed away from ...
The bachelors did not behave themselves today, so we told them to park it for a while. Lol. (Actually this was pure happenstance) Video by SRWHMG Lester Walker.
It is Gem's birthday! Last year she was born a healthy wild foal at Butcher Jones to Sapphire. But she sustained an injury in her fetlock. We rescued her when she was only 3 weeks old; she could no longer keep up with her band and was septic. The infection was eating her fetlock joint ...
We sure have our hands full these days as life has been rough for the Salt River wild horses and these foals need our help. (Because of climate and natural challenges) One thing to learn from their incredibly strong survival instinct, is that nomatter how bad things may get, you hang inthere, keep your head ...
Snow is hanging in there! He is not wanting to drink his milk yet but ate all of his Timothy hay. He is getting Dextrose and electrolytes through his IV and his bloodwork shows major improvements. Yay! He is in no way better yet, but we are going to keep you, our supporters, frequently updated ...
Life is not all fairytales, we know that, but with mystical and kind creatures living in the Tonto National Forest, a little bit of magic is preserved there for everyone who believes in it. We fight hard for the well being of the whole herd as well as each individual horse that is part of ...
It's national I love horses day, we almost missed it, because we were very busy on the river, as well as busy taking care of these precious souls. They all have their own stories and their happy endings, thanks to your support! Do you know all of their stories? You can learn more about them ...
We are having a bad colic season. The mesquite beans have gotten wet, and the horses keep eating them, which is giving them colic. (A very bad stomach ache from impaction, that can kill them) Our team is non stop in emergency mode, we administer banamine in severe cases when we can, which reduces the ...
Here is the beautiful video that James and Shelley made of the process of taming Cheyenne so that we could treat her wounds and take x-rays without sedation. Enjoy the video! Thank you for your support.
Incorporating the Trust Technique with James and Shelley at our facility has been amazing. Yes Cheyenne was really wild and shy the day before! Watch the first part of the story of Cheyenne and her foal Nakota. They have made a beautiful video of it! Follow the link below to learn the Trust Technique, when ...
PROGNOSIS: Unfortunately the veterinarians prognosis was extremely grim and euthanasia is the recommendation for Cheyenne. HOWEVER, if you know anything about us, you know that we do not give up easy. In fact, all of our injured rescues, like Pacman, Diamond , Mori and Gem received an initial recommendation of euthanasia. That is not a ...
MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Volunteers with the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group are nursing a newborn horse back to the health, the smallest wild horse the group says it has ever encountered. Someone called the group’s hotline Sunday after discovering the foal separated from the herd hours after birth in the Tonto National ...
Call it July "Foal-th". The smallest Salt River Horse ever is on the mend this Fourth of July holiday, and a phone tip may have saved the premature foal's life. Volunteers say if they didn't find this horse when they did, it would be dead by now. After getting a tip from their hotline, the salt ...
Celebrate freedom while staying safe, responsible, kind and mindful of everything and everyone around you! SRWHMG. Picture by SRWHMG Bren Schultz, graphics by SRWHMG Debra Mykitiak.
A call to our hotline yesterday resulted in our field team rushing out Coon Bluff, where a couple of kids had found a tiny newborn all alone and unable to get up. After finding out from an alert bystander that the tiny baby had already been there for at least 6 hours without a mare, ...
Good morning dear supporters! After a challenging time with impactions, ulcers and not much appetite, Agave is now doing absolutely fantastic! Foal raising has become an important and necessary part of what we do every day. Because when you find them so young without their momma's, well they simply only have a few hours left ...
A video update on Agave, who's been struggling, but is finally starting to feel better! The ball in the video is a gift from one of our supporters. There are lots of other fun gifts and necessary items on our wishlist! We could not do the work we do without you. Thank you for your ...
The condition of the Salt River wild horses was only getting worse by the day - that's when the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group stepped in. Together with the Arizona Department of Agriculture, they started up an emergency protocol. "We have 12 feed stations all around the river and in secluded locations so they can ...
Our emergency feed program is highly necessary right now or we would definitely not be doing it. It is breaking our bank and our backs, but it is starting to show drastic results and that is what it's all about! We need to order our 5th semi-load of hay in order to get it to ...
Yesterday, 310 amazing donors, through our fb page, raised over $10,000 towards the next semi loads of hay! Facebook does not give us your address so we cannot send you a thank you card or token of our appreciation! So this card is for each of you. No matter the size of your donation, we ...
Bush Hwy Improvements phase 2!! In addition to lighted variable message boards, rumble strips and horse crossing signs, today MCDOT is painting WATCH FOR HORSES on the pavement, so large it can almost be seen from space : ) We are happy to report that since the improvements started, there have not been any horse ...
We are happy to report on two recent Emergency Feed Program successes. We never wanted to have to feed wild horses, but we are in a terrible ongoing drought situation and part of our mission is to humanely manage these horses, which includes taking care of them when they are suffering. We feel that birth ...
Here are just some of the things we do with YOUR donations EVERY SINGLE day to keep the Salt River wild horses safe and healthy : We haul bales of hay on carts to 12 different emergency feed stations along the river. (the cost has risen to $12,000 per month.) We fill water tanks, and are ...
Yesterday, someone left this note for us on our gate. We will investigate and/or solve any situation that involves a Salt River wild horse and we operate a hotline especially for this purpose. Please save this number in case you ever run into a situation where our help is needed: (480) 868- 9301. It can be …
The SRWHMG with its 100 volunteers will implement a management program with the following components: - a birth control program to humanely reduce population growth in the Salt River wild horse herd; - emergency feeding as needed; - maintenance of fences and gates and - rescue and sanctuary of injured wild horses when needed. Thank ...
Today we went around thanking the different firestations and engines that helped save the two Salt River wild horses from drowning in the canal. Tomorrow we have engine 14 and SRP person Luke left to visit. We baked horse cookies and gave them hats and a canvas! THANK YOU again Station 206 and 859 and 14 and …
SRWHMG is looking for grants. We are on our 3rd semiload of hay for the Salt River wild horses and we need your help for the next truck loads ($7000 a piece! ), so that we can continue the emergency feed program. Not only do your own donations really add up,…but also if anyone knows …
We just came from the auction in Buckeye that we advertised earlier this week. Horse rescues 23- Killbuyer 0!! Way to go everyone who showed up! We are driving one mare/baby pair home to our coalition partner, Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary , we will specify later exactly who got who, (after we unload) but Wild Horse Ranch ...
Agave is starting to act like she loves life again! Here she is with her two very gentle Salt River brothers, who themselves were on the verge of death just two yrs ago. It's like they are encouraging her. Of course when we rescue a wild horse, large or small, we know from the start ...
Tonto National Forest, Mesa, Ariz. (May 28th, 2018) — The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) announces today that it has been awarded a contract with the State of Arizona to officially manage the Salt River wild horses in the Tonto National Forest. The group was notified that the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) had ...
Making the rumble strips, they will give drivers an audible warning in addition to the visible warnings in advance of the 8 horse crossings. THANK YOU MCDOT!
Its been an absolutely wild and crazy night rescuing 2 drowning Salt River wild horses from the canal! Even while they are good swimmers, they were drowning from exhaustion in 11 ft deep water. We have now transported both shaking horses to our nearby property to recuperate after their horrible ordeal. They have many cuts ...
Five fatalities of horses being hit by cars since April along Bush Highway, three of them within the past week, have prompted new safety measures to warn drivers. Several message boards were placed along the highway, cautioning drivers to “slow down” and to “watch for horses," according to Tracy Ruth, communications-division manager for the Maricopa County Department of ...
Phon D Sutton, Mesa, Az, April 29th, 2 am. Two days ago we rescued Little Old Lady (Lolly) with a broken left Phalanx. Her mother, Old Lady, is one of the most elusive and oldest mares on the river, but needed rescue as well. Under the full moon, after two days of patiently feeding Old ...
Lolly was a Salt River wild horse born during harsh natural circumstances with a mother who had nothing left to give. (Physically) We rescued her and tried to fix her broken left phalanx. She was under expert care at our veteranarian, but her break did not heal the way we had hoped. We had to ...
After one week, all of the current feed stations but one, have been discovered by very needy mares and babies. It is good to see them get their bellies full. Because we want to keep wild horses wild, both the locations and our approach are very important to the success of the program. We would ...
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 ...
An aging, domesticated brown and white Paint horse was found abandoned by a volunteer for the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group. Author: Pete Scholz Published: 4:53 PM PST April 2, 2018 Updated: 6:42 PM PST April 2, 2018 TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz - Lester Walker put the call out around 8:30 Monday morning. "We ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Press release Friday, December 29th 2017 Mesa, AZ . . . The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group and its national coalition partner, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) commended Governor Doug Ducey, the State Ag department and the U.S. Forest Service for reaching an agreement for the management of the Salt River Wild Horses. ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 …
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
First wild horse baby of 2017 is named after Governor Doug Ducey The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) announced that the first colt of the year has been born and was named “Ducey” in honor of the Governor of Arizona. Governor Doug Ducey has played a leading role in saving the Salt River ...
CBS 5 - KPHO Jared Dillingham met a veteran whose PTSD is being helped by the wild horses along the Salt River northeast of the Valley.
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 ...
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 ...
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 …
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Phoenix, Arizona (April 11, 2016) . . . . Wild horse advocates are declaring victory for the Salt River wild horses after today’s Senate vote of 27-2 in favor of HB 2340, legislation to protect the cherished wild horse herd. The House passed the bill on Feb. 25, and the legislation will now head back …
SRWHMG is urging the public to contact their State representatives to vote yes on HB2340, a yes for the Salt River wild horses! This is the number to the AZ State Capitol switchboard, all you have to do is ask to be connected to your State representatives: (602)926 5999 Further clarification on Bill HB2340, which …