Salt River horses fan unhappy with Hobbs over pending removals

Metro Creative Connection

OPINION — “Wild Horse Shows Daily” is a billboard along the 101 and McDowell advertising our beloved, historic Salt River wild horse herd.

Ironic sign now that we’ve learned that over 50% of the stars of the Salt River show, wild horses who have roamed along the river for over 100 years, will be removed.

This is a classic example of the disconnect between policy-driven removals versus tourist-dollar advertising. It can’t be appreciated both ways.

Most Arizonans want this historic band of horses to remain together and protected from removals.

Photographing this herd for eight years, I’ve met tourists from Tennessee to Japan hoping to glimpse one of these magical “wild horse shows.”

Then-Sen. Katie Hobbs voted to protect this herd by supporting the Salt River Horse Act. As governor, she’s turned her back on this herd, her voters and the untold tourist dollars these horses bring to Arizona.

Come November, that inaction might not get the governor the encore she desires but the hook from the political stage.

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