Onaqui herd

• Locations: Columns, Opinion Published Oct. 13, 2021

  Opinion: Wild horses have chance at auction before slaughter

  Part of the Onaqui herd running through Utah's Northwest desert. Photo by Barbara Sophia.

  Opinion by Barbara Sophia

  Special to The Sopris Sun

  For hundreds of years the thunder of hoof beats have echoed through the vast landscape of the West Utah desert at the base of the Onaqui Mountains. Last month, 435 wild horses from the Onaqui… read more →