At 8 a.m., the sun hadn’t yet started to scorch the dry landscape in the shadow of northern Arizona's Gray Mountain, about 40 miles north of Flagstaff. Under a non-working
Sierra Ferguson Arizona Daily Sun windmill, Paul Lincoln crouched to examine hoof prints on the dusty earth.
In the fall, the horses are largely self-sufficient, but Lincoln knows that under the summer sun, they need a little help. Meanwhile, the growing group of interested people connected with a Gilbert-based nonprofit that had helped equines in Arizona since 1995. Wildhorse Ranch Rescue, a 501 organization, proved to be a valuable partner.
The water can be used by wildlife, horses, cattle and local people who need it, Meagher said, so long as the horses themselves have a place to safely drink. “It just started out like that. Trying to help them out kind of gives me that inspiration, helping animals like people. Advocates. Mine is horses,” Lincoln said.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio On July 25, Elise Wilson hauled water to Gray Mountain and loaded a few bales of hay in the bed of her pick-up truck for the animals. She donated the water she hauled herself, filling up at a water stand in Flagstaff.
One foal, lovingly named Ash, Lincoln found in dire straits. Wilson ended up loading the baby horse in the back seat of her car to take him to Wildhorse Ranch. “When we go get babies up at Gray Mountain, it's Paul and Glinda who find them, keep them safe, give them milk. We couldn’t do it without them,” Meagher said.
Meagher said one day she hopes to have a fully air conditioned barn, but in the meantime every effort to save wild horses matters.
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