THE DEATH OF INNOCENTS: Hundreds of wild horses to be captured by U.S. Forest Services and sold at public auction for slaughter
These peaceful families of wild horses are almost certain to end up in slaughter plants in Mexico. Buyers of horses at auctions truck them to Mexico where the cruelty and slaughter of these innocent horses is unimaginable.
JIM HEADLEY: The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) issued a statement Monday in response to the U.S. Forest Service’s last-minute notification that it will sell the first 20 historic Arizona wild horses at public auction on March 30 after rounding them up from a remote location in the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest. According to SRWHMG, the horse round-up will begin March 21.
In total, the Forest Service is said to be compelled to round up 400 wild horses from this remote area of the forest in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity of Tucson, which claimed that the horses were harming a species known as the Mexican jumping mouse…
Forest Service say the feral horses are threatening the habitat of endangered species, including the Chiricahua leopard frog, narrow-headed garter snake, loach minnow, Apache trout and New Mexico meadow jumping mouse… In the notice the Forest Service stated between 2020 and 2021, they also removed 74 unauthorized feral cattle from the same area…
“The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group condemns the plan to capture historic Arizona wild horses from Alpine and sell them at the horrific Holbrook slaughter auction on March 30. A surprising and short 7-day notice by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest does not give the local community any chance or due process for input on this decision. We are calling for better and more humane solutions such as fertility control, and we are willing to help,” the SRWHMG press release stated…
The wild horses appear to simply be the scapegoats, according to SRWHMG. These cherished animals are often victims of bias by those who continue to view them as invasive or feral, despite scientific research that has firmly established the horse as a native, reintroduced North American wildlife species, they stated…
“If they are indeed brought to the Holbrook auction, these peaceful families of wild horses are almost certain to end up in slaughter plants in Mexico, as this auction is frequented by known kill buyers who do not like to be outbid. Kill buyers buy horses at these auctions and truck them to Mexico where the cruelty and slaughter of these innocent horses is unimaginable,” the release reads…
The Alpine wild horses are possibly the most historic wild horses in Arizona, because they roam along and around the historic Coronado Trail, according to SRWHMG. Carlos Vasquez Coronado was the earliest Spanish explorer who brought 1,200 conquistadors along with thousands of horses on this trail in 1540, just 40 years after Columbus arrived and 60 years before General Crook used the same trail, the group stated in their press release. SOURCE…
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