A wild horse sanctuary in Colorado has agreed to adopt 70 free-roaming Alpine horses rounded up in Arizona and sold by the U.S. Forest Service at two recent online auctions. Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group based in Prescott, Arizona, said volunteers raised $50,000 on short notice to purchase the…

An expert in horse population genetics claims to have found laboratory evidence of historical ancestry in samples taken from Arizona’s Salt River Alpine horses found slaughtered on federal land in 2022. “So far, I can say that there is evidence of Spanish ancestry in the Salt River horses,” Gus Cothran, a retired professor and consultant…

Wyoming lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan resolution requesting the U.S. Congress make the slaughter of wild horses and burros legal in the United States. The meat would be available for sale in America and foreign markets. Animal welfare groups are unhappy about the move. President of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group Simone Netherlands…

WILLIAMS, Ariz.—Molly Wisecarver is a firm believer in Christmas miracles—not the kind with golden wings, but four hooves, long manes, and sullen brown eyes. Nine miracles in all. And each one is a holiday blessing—a survivor and a true testament to the goodwill of people like Wisecarver who love wild horses and want to see…

Alpine wild horse advocates in Arizona are awaiting lab results to determine whether the free-roaming horses being rounded up on U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service land and sold online are of a historical Alpine lineage. While a positive determination of Alpine heredity may not halt the Forest Service’s scheduled roundups, it may “alter the…

Alpine wild horse advocates in Arizona are awaiting lab results to determine whether the free-roaming horses being rounded up on U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service land and sold online are of a historical Alpine lineage. While a positive determination of Alpine heredity may not halt the Forest Service’s scheduled roundups, it may “alter the…

PRESCOTT, Ariz.—Simone Netherlands grabbed a handful of green alfalfa hay and called out to Apache, guarding a small band of Alpine wild horses at the opposite end of the corral. The young stallion lowered its head warily and remained motionless at seeing a visitor standing beside her. “C’mon,” Netherlands said to the horse gently, waving…

ALPINE, Ariz.—Dyan Albers Lowey has made every effort lately to spend quality time with her horses on her small family ranch in Alpine, Arizona. She says it’s good to be around live things these days, especially after being around so much death. For Lowey, the unsolved killing of 36 Alpine wild horses on U.S. Forest…

ALPINE, Ariz.—Dyan Albers Lowey has made every effort lately to spend quality time with her horses on her small family ranch in Alpine, Arizona. She says it’s good to be around live things these days, especially after being around so much death. For Lowey, the unsolved killing of 36 Alpine wild horses on U.S. Forest…

The story of the American mustang is one that reflects much of the country’s own story: one of resilience and freedom. This is the central theme explored in the documentary “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses.” “We wanted to tell first of all a great story and feel like an American adventure; we go to all…