Wild Sparring Partners

This painting is of two wild horses from the herd called the “Onaqui Wild Horses”, located about 60 miles from Salt Lake City. The Government has taken it upon themselves to keep thinning these herds. It seems the American Cattlemen’s Association thinks they are more important, and they need the ground for their free range cattle. In my opinion, these guys are wild animals, just like the antelope or the deer. The public was told that all the horses were going to be adopted out, but later photos surfaced showing many truckloads of them going into Mexico to be turned into tacos. Very sad. This particular herd was 500 strong, and now 300 have been rounded up and removed.