{"id":7114,"date":"2018-04-03T18:59:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T18:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2018-04-03T18:59:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T18:59:55","slug":"srwhmg-rescues-abandoned-paint-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=7114","title":{"rendered":"SRWHMG Rescues Abandoned Paint Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An aging, domesticated brown and white Paint horse was found abandoned by a volunteer for the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group.<\/h2>\n

Author: Pete Scholz
\nPublished: 4:53 PM PST April 2, 2018
\nUpdated: 6:42 PM PST April 2, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz – Lester Walker put the call out around 8:30 Monday morning.<\/p>\n

“We need to get somebody out here. There’s a horse out here that’s not one of the Salt River’s,” he said.<\/p>\n

Walker volunteers with Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, which ooks after the health and welfare of a herd of wild horses that roam near the base of the Superstition Mountains east of the greater Phoenix area.<\/p>\n

But on this morning, the unmistakable brown and white markings of a Tobiano Paint horse caught his eye.<\/p>\n

The group’s president, Simone Netherlands, got word and quickly mobilized her volunteer network. Getting this particular horse out of this environment was paramount.<\/p>\n

“Domestic horses absolutely cannot survive out here,” Netherlands said.<\/p>\n

The aging Paint horse was found attempting to forage for food along Usury Pass Road just south of the Bush Highway in the Usury Mountain Recreation Area.<\/p>\n