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WILD HORSE VIEWING GUIDELINES

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WILD HORSE VIEWING GUIDELINES

June 13, 2017
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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.ย  The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, whose volunteers are present daily to monitor and steward the wild horses, are seeing more incidents of people treating them unwisely. We offer the following ten tips for safe and enjoyable viewing of wild horses so that horses and people can live together without incidents and hope that you will share them.

  1. Observe a distance of at least 50 feet from any wild horse at any given time. If a wild horse comes toward you, please move out of its way to maintain the distance. Horses may be trying to access water โ€” please allow them to do so. Theyโ€™re just as thirsty as you are.
  2. Please do not feed wild horses. Feeding wild horses an inappropriate diet can upset their digestive system and/or kill them,
  3. Do not attempt to tame or touch a wild horse. It is not good for wild horses to become habituated to people as they will then not respect our space, and that can result in their loss of freedom.
  4. Keep dogs leashed at all times and away from the horses. Dogs are naturally inclined to chase horses, which causes horses to flee. They may run towards other people who are recreating or they can injure themselves on rugged terrain. Horses may also defend themselves and kick at a dog that is trying to bite their heels and that can be fatal to dogs.
  5. Be a respectful observer of wild horse behavior, donโ€™t interfere or chase or follow them when they are walking away from you.ย  Each wild horse behavior has a purpose. That includes โ€œbattling,โ€ i.e., stallions challenging each other.
  6. Take lots of pictures, but please remember that the photo itself is never more important than the well being of the subject of your photography.
  7. Observe the speed limit and heed the watch-for-horses signs. They are strategically placed at actual horse crossings.
  8. Bring a garbage bag and play a role in cleaning up the Tonto National Forest. If you love wild horses, pick up trash that might harm them!
  9. Call the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group hotline if you see an injured horses or any emergent situation involving a wild horse.
  10. Have fun posting your pictures on the Facebook Page: “Salt River Wild Horses โ€“ Advocates” where you are sharing them with other visitors and Salt River wild horse photographers, and advocates.

We hope that people have a great time viewing wild horses, while at the same time keeping the horsesโ€™ best interests at heart. Thank you!


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Please don't trash the Tonto National Forest, it is their home. Sincerely, SRWHMG. ... See MoreSee Less

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Clean it up people. If you want to see the horses, go. But don't leave trash. No target shooting. Just stay a safe distance and enjoy the magestic wild Salties. This is just disgusting and you are ruining it for others and making it unsafe for the horses. Shameful.

There's areas that you're allowed to go shooting out there however everyone should pick up after themselves. Thank you guys for your hard work.

Good work. Sad to see disrespect but thankful your volunteers are out there. Lead on ๐Ÿค 

Humans ruin everything!๐Ÿคฌ

Humans should be banned until they show respect for nature!!!!

WTF????? Why isn’t this being monitored?

Thank you all for everything you do!

why do people always hurt animals

thank you, thank you thank you, God bless you

Thank you SRWHMG. for all you do! AZ peeps please share!๐Ÿ˜ฐ

Ridiculous

Amen

Thank you for all your hard work! Volunteers are do awesome!

Thank you for all you do.

Amen!!!

It is shameful that people have no respect...wonder what their homes look like...thank you for all your efforts...

Thank you for all the hard work..It is shameful to see this...๐Ÿ’”

Thank you for cleaning up, I just don’t understand how people are so disrespectful of the earth ๐Ÿ˜”

Job well done warriors!

What ashame... I have visited from upstate NY with Family and this is a favorite of mine. The forest area is beautiful and people should respect the land and the wildlife.

Thankful for all the hard work done๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ I’m excited to get involved supporting these efforts and supporting the organization once I’m an official AZ resident. I just don’t understand people that are so inconsiderate to litter and leave debris like that all over.

People are such slobs.... Thank you so much for your hard work. โ˜บ

Wish I were nearer to help! Thank you๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•

Call the news channel

Thank you!

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๐Ÿ—‘Some areas of the Tonto National Forest are becoming so shamefully trashed. This morning our volunteers tackled an area where the horses love to hang out, but even if there was grass, it is dangerous to graze here, because of the glass and bullets everywhere! FYI this is not part of our job description; horse management is in our title, not waste management, but we cannot help but worry, what will our forests look like years from now?? FYI, this is a non target shooting area! These are our winnings for today, Thank you dear SRWHMG volunteers! ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ—‘Some areas of the Tonto National Forest are becoming so shamefully trashed. This morning our volunteers tackled an area where the horses love to hang out, but even if there was grass, it is dangerous to graze here, because of the glass and bullets everywhere! FYI this is not part of our job description; horse management is in our title, not waste management, but we cannot help but worry,  what will our forests look like years from now??  FYI, this is a non target shooting area! These are our winnings for today, Thank you dear SRWHMG volunteers!Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment
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Thank you for picking up others trash since they cannot do it themselves.

Thank you to all the volunteers. I know this isn’t part of your job description. But your actions make it so much safer for the horses. I figure if they spoke human they’d tell you thank you to. Next time you see one of the regulars hanging out in this area and they give a slow blink and half closed eye for a moment...accept it as horse for thank you.

Thank you everyone for a nasty job well done. Our National Forests and Wild Horses should have a clean environment to graze and roam. We Americans seem to have no regard for our natural resources. Let’s do a better job. ๐ŸŒŸ. ๐ŸŒŸ. ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท

This happens all over the country unfortunately. It's so sad and disgusting that people simply cannot pick up their trash or take it to a waste mgt facility. These are also people that don't care and lazy.

Thank you all for cleaning it up for the safety of horses and other wildlife and for all the visitors to the river. All you SRWHMG volunteers are selfless, amazing, wonderful people. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿด๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’œ

Can't wait until our new found forest visitors will go back to visiting Disneyworld and other more trasheable places in urban areas.

Awful, thank you for picking all this up. It seems to happen everywhere anymore.

What is wrong with people!?! No respect for the land and probably their home, too!

Recycle the metal it could pay for some food for the animals. It might not be much unless you hang onto it and wait for prices to go up.

Pretty sad, looks like Tonto forest in Payson during the summer...

What is wrong with people who trash our lands? Is it a genetic disorder?

Thank you for All that you do! If everyone cared as much what a different world we would live in.

How sad that people think it’s ok to dump their trash anywhere they want. Thank you all so much for making it better for all of the wild life in the forest. You guys are the best ♥๏ธ

Thank you so much for caring. Post a clean up day ahead of time. Maybe, some of us could help you guys.

Have not seen an update on NEIMAN since he got his teeth done, is he improving

So sad that people deliberately trash a area. Shooting in an area that’s off limits? Why?? So glad there are kind and caring folks out there to help clean these areas . Nature, the horses, and all wildlife deserve better.

It’s a shame, as we become operational, we are planning on doing the same, it’s not our responsibility, it’s not in our contract, we do it because if no one does, it will affect us all. We see a lot of people out on the wash target shooting, didn’t know it’s not allowed, I always thought Federal land is prohibited to shoot on

I have seen how gross people have left the area. My teen children take a bag with us when we hike to get trash. But nasty stuff is left in the water and on paths People are hygienically challenged all the way around

Sad and angry both,to bad can’t IDENTIFY owners,back up on there front lawn open end gate,dump it and see how they like it๐Ÿ˜

Thank you! People are so disrespectful. If we each pick up what we see, and leave nothing behind the horses would probably really appreciate it.

It is sad that so many people have such a disregard for the environment. Trash thrown everywhere.

What a shame. If we lived down there, we'd pitch in to help. It's been quite a few years since we lived down there, but I don't ever remember it being this bad.

So perhaps I’ll start carrying a garbage bag when I’m in the area several times a week with my camera... there are plastic bottles all along the river... ๐Ÿ˜ž

Thank you all you do on behalf of your love for the wild horses. I will never understand the selfishness and entitlement of people who litter and don’t discard their garbage responsibly. :(

I would love to help clean these areas up if you need volunteers! Please advertise and post on Facebook dates and times!!!

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This guy, his name is Arco, but it should be Perseverance. He is missing one eye completely, and has a corneal ulcer/scar in the other one. He recovered from a grody looking abcess on his head just last month, and he recovered from a fractured shoulder a few years ago. Yet still, the bachelors are learning, that you better not treat him like he's handicapped!
Zoom in on his left eye and you'll see it is just pink skin in his eye socket. Wild horses are amazing. (No worries, this horse is on our permanent "watch" list. It means we monitor him and make sure he's OK all the time.) SRWHMG.
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This guy, his name is Arco, but it should be Perseverance. He is missing one eye completely, and has a corneal ulcer/scar in the other one. He recovered from a grody looking abcess on his head just last month, and he recovered from a fractured shoulder a few years ago. Yet still, the bachelors are learning, that you better not treat him like hes handicapped!
Zoom in on his left eye and youll see it is just pink skin in his eye socket. Wild horses are amazing. (No worries, this horse is on our permanent watch list. It means we monitor him and make sure hes OK all the time.) SRWHMG. 
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Thank you for Arco’s story. He has had his ‘challenges’ but seems to have overcome them nicely! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป Thanks for watching out for him and others.

Incredible survival instincts. Arco is amazing and I’m so thankful for the SRWHMG who watch over him ♥๏ธ

Animals are amazing with injuries, etc. Glad you are watching out for him as well. Yes, can definitely see he has an issue with that left eye.

He reminds me of a Willie Nelson song “Tougher Than Leather”.....

All animals have NO PITY!! They are all strong in their own ways!! ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ

Love to hear their stories! I have a BLM mustang and they are truly amazing animalsโค๏ธโค๏ธ

I think he deserves that name change!! Great photo!!

Spunky stallion and dedicated volunteers

Love looking at the picture/reading the posts thank you

Love these beauties! Great photography!

You all are AWESOME!

Can you somehow get him and treat the eye?

Incredible photo!

chng.it/cZyhRyNp Please share this it’s to bring awareness for the wild horses were being killed in Arizona

which one is he?

Please PM me. i have a product that will help heal pink eye and infections in humans and animals. i'm also sending you PM

He’s a very strong looking guy when you get to see him in action. I love him โค๏ธ

Wild horses and their ability to “fight”through their injuries, pain and even blindness. Way to go Arco, show these youngsters whatcha got! Thank you SRWHMG for monitoring these incredible horses.

He has been on a helluva journey. Love the guy. Thanks Simone Netherlands , the AZDA, TNF and the many volunteers who watch after him and all the wild horses.

Arco is one tough dude!! He managed to overcome and adapt with the loss of his eye...and he's still wild and free.โค SRWHMG, many thanks for keeping watch over these beautiful horses. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

He is lucky to be at Salt River where there are no roundups. If he was captured anywhere else, they would shoot him because of his blind eye and past injuries. Thank goodness for your organization! I wish all Mustangs were taken care of like you do! Stopping the roundups and implementing cooperative agreements between advocacy groups and the local governments as you do so successfully needs to be the goal of everyone. Herd management can be very humane and kind.

Will he be ok out there on his own??? Kinda having rough spot. Needs his eyes to keep up safe and sound ?♥๏ธ♥๏ธ♥๏ธ

Can’t imagine the paun he is in with that eye ulcer. Poor guy.

Will Arco be ok out there with only one eye? Will he lose the other eye as well? Thank you so much for looking out for these beautiful horses!!! I love the pictures of them and have always wanted to go out and see them. I'm now rethinking that. I don't want to get in their way during this breeding season.....or any time.

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