Mystery disease kills 67 wild horses at holding site
Sixty-seven wild horses, including horses that were removed by the Bureau of Land Management from an area south of Rangely last year, have died at a holding facility in Cañon
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Sixty-seven wild horses, including horses that were removed by the Bureau of Land Management from an area south of Rangely last year, have died at a holding facility in Cañon
An “unknown, yet highly contagious” illness has killed 67 formerly wild horses at the Bureau of Land Management’s holding facility in Cañon City since April 23, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
Colorado wild horses from two distinct regions died while in a wild horse holding pen in Canon City. Investigators say the infection is highly contagious and fatal, killing 67 of the animals. Officials are trying to determine what caused the deaths.
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