Arizona Wild Horse Advocates Buy Up Dwindling Alpine Herd

Auctions highlight tensions between Forest Service and preservationists

Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, receives affection from a pair of Alpine wild horse rescues on Nov. 30, 2022. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

PRESCOTT, Ariz.—Simone Netherlands grabbed a handful of green alfalfa hay and called out to Apache, who was guarding a small band of Alpine wild horses at the opposite end of the corral.

The young stallion lowered its head warily and remained motionless at seeing a visitor standing beside her.