Nevada Wild Horses Killed, $10K Reward Offered
Nevada is a great place to see wild various types of wildlife, including wild horses. In fact, we have the highest population of wild horses and burros in the nation. If you travel to the high desert parts of northwestern Nevada, you’re bound to run into some. But it is in eastern Nevada where the wild horses have most recently been in danger. Earlier this year, Nevada state authorities from the Bureau of Land Management put out a five thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect. An unknown person or persons shot five wild horses in Nevada about 70 miles east of the Utah border. The shooting happened in November 2021 and no leads have been found yet. The bureau raised the reward recently to ten thousand dollars as authorities get more desperate for any information.
Fox5Vegas reported on this story, saying “Four horses, including one with an aborted fetus attached, were found dead within 600 yards (550 meters) of each other on Nov. 16 in Jakes Valley about 30 miles (48 km) west of Ely and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of U.S. Highway 50. A fifth horse was still alive but wounded so severely it had to be euthanized, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said. The horses, with ages ranging from about 18 months to six years, were killed on or about the day a member of the public reported their discovery on Nov. 16, the bureau said.”
Earlier this year, four separate shootings were also being investigated by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Those crimes happened in the Red Rock Canyon and authorities don’t believe the incidences are related to the shooting on November 21. Anyone with information about these shootings is urged to call the BLM crime hotline at 1-775-861-6550.
–Wendy Rush, 96.3KKLZ Las Vegas
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