Heartbreaking final act of love for wild horse who got stuck in mud pit with her foal before both met horrific end READ MORE: Cowboy's 'vile' act on a wild horse during government roundup By Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com Published: 01:15, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 01:27, 10 August 2024 e-mail View comments Devastating footage captured the tragic final moments of two wild horses after they got stuck in a mud pit while desperately searching for drinking water. Animal advocates were checking on the horses in central Utah 's Muddy Creek Herd Management Area on Tuesday when they found the struggling horses.
Video shows an exhausted mare and two foals by the cracked earth looking for water to drink. The mare and one of the foals fell through the scorched crust and the young horse nuzzled the neck of its mother before they were put down by the Bureau of Land Management. 'It's heart-wrenching.
You can tell that one of those foals is just saying, "Mama, help us, get up mom,"' Janelle Ghiorso, vice president of Oregon Wild Horse Organization, told ABC4 . The mare and one of the foals fell through the scorched crust and the young horse nuzzled the neck of its mother before they were put down The Bureau of Land Management said the trapped mare and foal both had to be put down because of dehydration. Read More America's wild horse round-up shame - as horrific footage shows animals being roped and dragged, with hundreds dumped in 'kill pens' 'Unfortunately we did have to euthanize that m.