A bill filed in Arizona’s Senate would make Alpine wild horse killing or slaughter for human consumption illegal while promoting humane birth control to stabilize the population.
Known as the Alpine Wild Horse Act, SB1057 would provide greater legal protections for the Alpine herd, currently facing systematic roundup and removal from federal lands throughout Arizona.
Filed by Sen. John Kavanaugh (R-Ariz.) in late January, the bill states a person may not “harass, shoot, injure, drive, kill, take or slaughter horse that is part of the Alpine horse herd.”
The bill’s language includes interfering with the Alpine population or euthanizing horses without written permission from the state or county sheriff’s office….