Dear SRP and Dear Supporters
*100% for 100 CFS!* Dear #SRP and dear supporters, We wanted to show you what it looks like when the river eelgrass is dying. The output from Stewart mountain dam today is 30 CFS and dropping. This video was taken at 3 PM today, October 20th. As a result of our meeting with SRP upper management, they ...
Meet Ducey!
This is Ducey. Ducey was the first born foal of 2017. We named him after Governor Doug Ducey , as a thank you for everything he did for the Salt River wild horses. (The horses are now protected and humanely managed under the State of Arizona.) The horse Ducey is doing great and is now a year ...
Shocking Wild Horse Shootings – SRWHMG Offers Reward
Two beautiful healthy wild horses were found shot and killed in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. This occurred sometime yesterday, oct 13th 2018, on FS road 50, mm8, close to the Heber Wild Horse Territory. This is not the first time for someone to shoot wild horses in the Heber area or the Salt River area. ...
Animal Activists Outraged at Forest Service Handling of Wild Horses
We are glad and thankful that our Forest Service listened to the public and that we now are managing the Salt River wild horses humanely. We implore the Modoc National Forest to do the same.
They Belong to Mother Nature
They belong to mother nature, they belong to the wind, they belong to the river, they belong to all of us. Click love if u love them. SRWHMG
Gorgeous Day For a Swim
SRWHMG Official Statement in Regards to Stray Horses
When people find stray or abandoned horses, anywhere in Arizona, these horses have to be picked up, held for seven days, and sold at auction by AZDA, (Arizona Department of Agriculture), even if the finder or a horse rescue is interested in keeping the horse(s). This is not the fault of the AZDA, it is ...
Water Management, The Environment, and Wild Horses
SRP (Salt River Project) has no environmental clause for the management of the lower Salt River, from Stewart Mountain Dam, to Granite Reef Dam, and it is usually kept at 0 to 8 CFS during the winter. (Compare this to the average of 900 CFS during the summer.) It pains us every year to see ...
Yummy Green Spaghetti
Thank You For Picking SRWHMG As Your Charity!
Thank you everyone who shops at Fry's and has picked SRWHMG as your charity! With one click on the Fry's website, you help make a difference all year, and it doesn't cost anything extra! Our goal is to get to 300 households! Please spread the word to your friends and neighbors about how easy it ...
Glimpse into the Peaceful Lives of the Salt River Wild Horses
About 15% of the Salt River Wild Horses Have the Grey Factor
About 15% of the Salt River wild horses have the grey factor. This means that they can be anything from dark grey, dappled, light grey or white. However, even when they appear completely white, they are still called a grey, because their skin underneath is black. They are only a "white" horse, if the skin ...
ANOTHER Dumped Horse in the Tonto National Forest!
We had to rescue yet ANOTHER dumped horse in the Tonto National Forest! SERIOUSLY! This one is a gelding as well and a little younger than the other one, approximately 16 to18 yrs and the paint looks to be approximately 18 to 20. Both appear healthy and not lame. After getting him safe as well, ...
People Working Together
Sometimes it takes a village, sometimes it takes a whole State, sometimes it takes a community, but all times it takes people working together. We want to thank caller Tony Thompson for immediately knowing to call our hotline when seeing this stray horse! (*We confirmed there were two different calls/alerts in regards to him) Thank ...
A dumped horse in the Tonto National Forest!
A dumped horse in the Tonto National Forest! Listen to our president tell it like it is! Horses are a lifelong commitment. This horse served somebody, tried its best to do what was asked of him and this is what he gets. He has no idea where the river is. Had we not found him, ...
Two Arrested in Connection With Shooting at Salt River.
It's just impossible to make sense of why anyone would do this. We've looked at the suspects and we don't know them. What could possibly be in it for them? Is it their idea of fun? Has anyone heard of any other hwy shootings?
Our SRWHMG Property Got Shot At!
This is not what we want to be in the news for! We are still in disbelief. Our SRWHMG property got shot at. Yesterday, right after feeding the rescued wild horses their dinner, volunteers Tracey, Ryan and Bren heard gunshots. They saw the truck on the Highway that was driving slowly, bam bam bam bam ...
Happy Endings: Nakota and Old Lady part 1
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 ...
Hurricane Florence
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 ...
Stand With Wild Horses Everywhere!
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 ...
Share Your Own Pictures and Experiences
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 ...
Live with Snow and Gideon
Thank You, Volunteers!!
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
Snow and Gideon Together
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. ...
Our Rescued Horse Has Passed
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 ...
Newborn Rescued
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 ...
Follow Our Rescuers – Up Close And Personal
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 ...
Help Needed To Reunite Foal With Mother!
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 ...
Thank You Senator McCain
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.
Help Support Our Efforts
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!
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 ...
Sisters Stick Together
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
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
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 ...
A Wild Place To Be
RIP Cheyenne
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 ...
Is The Horse A Native Species?
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
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
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 and Nakota Update
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!
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 ...
Fundraiser at Tractor Supply
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.”
"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 ...
Little Guy Fighting To Be Alive
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 ...
Bachelors Did Not Behave Themselves Today
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!
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 ...
Wild babiemania!
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 ...
hanging in there!
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
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 ...
National Horses Day!
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 Need Your Help
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 ...
Cheyenne Video Update
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.
Trust Technique
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 ...
Cheyenne Prognosis
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 ...
Volunteers care for smallest Salt River horse ever rescued
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 ...
Phone tip led rescuers to premature Salt River wild horse
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 ...
Happy Independence day everyone!
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.
Tiny premature Salt River wild horse rescued!
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, ...
Update on Agave
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 ...
Update on Agave
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 ...
SRWHMG Protecting Horses During Drought
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 ...
Feed Program Results
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 ...
Hay Thank You!
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 Highway Improvements Phase Two
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 ...
Two Emergency Feed Program Successes
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 ...
Your Donations are Hard at Work Every Day!
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 ...
A Mystery with a Happy Ending
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 …
Press Conference and PZP demonstration on SRWHMG property
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 ...
Firefighters Deserve Thank You’s!
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 …
Extreme Drought Report with No End in Sight!
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 …
Horse Rescues 23: Killbuyer 0 !
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 ...
Horse Hugs and Kisses: Agave is Starting to Love Life Again!
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 ...
BREAKING NEWS: Salt River Wild Horse Management Group secures State Contract for the management of the Salt River Wild Horses
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 ...
Rumble Strips
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!
Salt River Wild Horse and her Baby Saved from Canal Near Mesa
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 ...
Deaths of Salt River horses along Bush Highway lead to new safety measures
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 ...
Old Lady Rescued
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 Rescued!
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 ...
Emergency Feed Protocol First Results
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 ...
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 ...
SRWHMG Rescues Abandoned Paint Horse
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 ...
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 ...