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📚 History Lessons – Part 1, please share. 📰 “Phoenix Concern Eliminating Wild Horses From State” (Arizona Republic, 1927) In 1927, a newspaper article revealed the industrial-scale Elimination of Arizona’s wild horses by the Arizona Reduction Works, a horse slaughter plant in Phoenix. These are quotes from the historic article: > “More than 3,500 wild horses from Arizona ranges have been used in the first year's operations…” > “The reduction company reported that it will use 15,000 horses during the next year in manufacture of horse meat for poultry feed, dog food, and other purposes.” > “Twenty-five thousand head of the otherwise worthless animals have already been contracted for the next two-year period.” > “Officials of the company estimate that there are half a million wild horses on Arizona ranges, assuring an unlimited supply…” These quotes don’t just describe a historical event—they document a systematic eradication of Arizona’s wild horses. With hundreds of Alpine wild horses being sent to slaughter auctions, its almost as if nothing has changed in 100 years, right? With the only other bidders being notorious killbuyers, our intervening and your support was the only thing that saved hundreds of them, most of whom are now roaming in sanctuaries. With a certain fact spinning history revisionist professor who is after the Salt River wild horses, we just wanted to post some proof that hundreds of thousands of wild horses used to roam our state and that we are lucky that at least some survived in the thick reeds of the Salt River. That is the real history. Salt River wild horses did not come out of nowhere, were not dropped off by ranchers and although the reservations also had wild horses, our own forest service lands did too and they were managed under the multiple use sustained yield act of 1960. That will be in part 2. The Salt River wild horses are the last remnants of the vast herds that once roamed our state, but if your goal is to get rid of them, then you have to deny the horses their rich history and demean them, devalue them, and that's exactly what's happening. 🔎 However, this isn't anecdotal or someone’s recollection that "they didnt see any wild horses". It’s a primary source—a published, dated newspaper article written at the time these events took place. "Not anecdotal" means it’s not hearsay. It’s verifiable history—and it really happened. 🐎 The Salt River Wild Horses Are the Survivors and the rest were wiped out. They likely survived because they were very hard to find hidden deep in the river's thick vegetation. They are among the last living remnants of the half-million horses that once roamed Arizona—and they are a living piece of our state’s history. Let’s make sure that real history does not get forgotten, and that we start doing better preserving these historic wild horses. Support the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group ! #WildHorseHistory #SaltRiverWildHorses #saltriverhorses #ArizonaHistory #SRWHMG #ProtectWildHorses #LivingHeritage