Perspective: The gruesome trend that has befuddled authorities and left some activists fuming over how agencies classify and treat wild horses.
This is just the latest of many intentional killings of horses and other animals on federal lands — a gruesome trend that has stymied authorities and left some advocates fuming over how agencies classify and treat wild horses.
“These are techniques that hunters use,” said Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, who saw the corpses. “It’s really an absolute massacre out in the forest. It’s absolutely horrible. … There’s just whole families laying there together.”In addition to the 25 fatalities, four wounded horses were alive, while 25 were missing as of Sunday, she said, “and we are positive that they’re dead.” She is certain because horse families “stick together like glue.
• “The tragic loss of 19 horses” from October 2018 to May 2, 2019. “We share the public’s sadness and concern,” the Forest Service said, “and are committed to investigating these unfortunate incidents to bring perpetrators to justice.” The cause of the deaths was undetermined, but the agency called them “criminal incidents” and said the horses died from “other than natural causes.”
The Forest Service says it’s still looking into the wildlife advocates’ reports of the Apache-Sitgreaves slayings. The agency said in a statement that it is “coordinating with the local officials and law enforcement to confirm the facts.” The agency said it is not aware of any arrests other than one in the September 2019 case and it does not know that outcome. State and local officials did not respond to requests for information.
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