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Reunion of rescued Alpine wild horses! Apache finds his lead mare Kiowa!

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Reunion of rescued Alpine wild horses! Apache finds his lead mare Kiowa!

November 17, 2022
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November 17th – Prelude

🐴💟🐴Apache’s mare finally found in the online auction; will be reunited today!

As most of you know we have been working extremely hard to try and save as many of the removed Alpine wild horses as possible, in the online auctions by Rail Lazy H. Unfortunately even the popular stallion Apache was caught and appeared in the online auction. We purchased him and he safely arrived at SRWHMG a few weeks ago. However, he seems very depressed, and we have been looking for his original mares, to make his life worth living again!

We have documented this herd in detail in the wild, however, the way the auctions are run online makes it very difficult to recognize them. There is only one bad quality picture per horse, which is often taken from the side and not even showing a face. This is a bad way of holding a public auction, not only because it doesn’t encourage sales to good homes, but also, if you actually lost a horse in the forest, (like the ASFS claims), how are you supposed to recognize your horse, before it is gone?

Anyway, regardless of how difficult it is, we are online, studying feet and details, in order to match horses, so that we can reunite them again. We have found some absolute hero sanctuaries and hero people we are now supporting, who are taking in the horses after we’ve matched them.
We’ve paid bail and transport for 45 of the removed Alpine’s so far, and we will be gelding 13 stallions, just so that they can live happily with a few of their mares. In Total, with the help of an Army for the Alpines, 91 Alpine wild horses have found a soft landing!! That’s why we need YOUR support.

91 horses saved is a fantastic accomplishment, however, poor Apache, ripped away from his family, still seems depressed. While he is sweet to the Alpine mare we bought for him, she is not one of his original mares, and we know all too well that wild horses are not random in who they love and chose to protect.

This entire time we have not understood how the contractor is catching these horses as sometimes we find some horses of a band in the auction, but not the others. One of Apache’s mares was even found shot to death in the recent massacre that occurred between Oct 3rd and Oct 5th. We had not found any of his mares in the auction, until this weekend.

We zoomed in and checked her star and compared her legs and it is her! We don’t understand why she is in an auction 4 weeks after Apache’s auction, but regardless, we are so excited! We are on our way now to pick her up as we speak, plus another mare and foal, from Holbrook.
With some luck and good reception we will be doing a Facebook LIVE of their reunion; we cannot wait! You can join us between 2 and 3 o’clock this afternoon! We will tag it #Alpinehorsereunion

Thank you to everybody who’s contributed 💰 money to our Alpine wild horse fund as well as to the rescues we have affiliated ourselves with: Thank you 4hoovesranch (@tay.hoover) and Nirvana (@nirvana.mustang.sanctuary).

Thank you to our brave Alpine Wild Horse Advocates (AWHA) who continue to have a presence in the Apache Forest, and thank you to the Army that is growing for the Alpine wild horses online!! #ArmyfortheAlpines

We thank everybody involved, @workingforsunshine and @nirvana.mustang.sanctuary and @arizonawildhorses for the commitment and help with this herd, who have suffered extraordinary and unfair mistreatment at the hands of the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service #ShameonASFS
Stay tuned for the live broadcast between 2 pm and 3 pm THIS afternoon! …

 

November 17th – The Reunion!

LIVE reunion rescued Alpine wild horses. #Alpinehorsereunion Apache finds his lead mare Kiowa!

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Look what we have! Apache's band used to run in the Apache Forest but the ApacheSitgreaves Forest Service got rid of them and sold them at auction without limitation to slaughter, at which we rescued them. #shameonasnf We documented this band in the wild and that's how we were able to find them in different auctions and reunite them again. They are now proud mom and dad of their foal that was conceived in the wild, but born at our Prescott rescue. All horses in the video are part of the band and Apache is standing guard a little ways off. Without your help, we cannot do this work and therefore we thank you for following our page, for donating and for standing up for the Alpine wild horses! Now we have to go feed them and check on baby. Thank you! ... See MoreSee Less

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This is why we are outthere warning people that they are still wild horses, and things can change in a second. Please dear visitors, stay 50 ft from the horses at all times, for their well being, and for your own safety! Thank you AZDA for helping to educate the public. Sidenote: Most of the public is great outthere, it's just the fjew, who tend to ruin it for the rest. Thank you to the public who speaks up for the horses also, it's fine if u do, if we all do it kindly. Let this be a warning that it will not be the horses fault if someone gets run over. Sincerely worried, not about the horses but about the public. ... See MoreSee Less

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For our supporters who live in Chino Valley, the last of our calendars are available at Olson's Grain and they are now only $10!! The pictures are of such quality that many people frame them after the month is over! Thank you to Olson's Grain for their support! We use the credit to purchase feed for our Alpine and Salt River rescues who live in Prescott! Thank you! SRWHMGWe only have 50 calendars left!!! ONLY $10. All proceeds go to Salt River Wild Horse Management Group 🐎🐎🐎Get them while they last at our Chino location ... See MoreSee Less

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