Authorities don't know who is shooting free-roaming horses in the Utah desert
It's a mystery why dozens of horses are being found dead with gunshot wounds on public land near the Navajo Nation in Utah.
by Justin Higginbottom
Jan 18, 2023
4 minutes
MOAB, Utah — On a remote patch of Utah desert bordering the Navajo Nation in Utah, hundreds of horses roam free on the shrubby desert that stretches across red rock canyons all the way to the forested slopes of Bears Ears National Monument. To some, they're majestic wildlife that symbolize the freedom of wide-open western landscapes. To others, they're an out of control population displacing cattle and damaging the ecosystem.
Lately, dozens of horses there are being found dead, apparently from gunshot wounds.
Brothers Wayne and David Yanito are Navajo ranchers and farmers whose families have been here for
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