Reward offered to help find killer of wild stallion near Dugway
Nov 14, 2024, 9:00 PM
A protected wild stallion was found shot to death Sunday in the Onaqui Herd Management Area near Dugway (Photo: The Wild Beauty Foundation)
(Photo: The Wild Beauty Foundation)
DUGWAY, Utah — Several groups and the BLM have pooled $19,000 in reward money. They hope to find the person who shot and killed a young palomino stallion in the Onaqui Herd Management Area in Tooele County.
The horse named Glory, found shot to death Sunday, was one of over 300 wild horses. That’s according to a February count by the Onaqui Herd Catalogue Foundation. Early settlers and cavalry introduced the Onaqui herd in the late 1800s.
The stallion was a community favorite
Glory, also known as Goldie or Pyrite, was “an eye-catching young palomino stallion who was a favorite of many who visited the range,” a Facebook post from the Onaqui Catalogue Foundation said.
A member of the public found the horse. She was approximately 3 miles southwest of the Simpson Springs area in Tooele County, south of the Dugway Proving Grounds, according to JD Mallory, a spokesman for the Bureau of Land Management. In total, the herd management area stretches across 240,000 acres. The area includes BLM, federal, state, and private land. It extends from Johnsons Pass south to Look Out Pass.
On Tuesday, the BLM confirmed that Glory had been shot. Based on initial investigative findings, Mallory said the horse was “likely shot sometime during the week of Nov. 3 and later succumbed to its injuries.”
