BLUFF, San Juan County — What started as a typical drive to work on a chilly January morning quickly devolved into something much darker for Wayne Yanito.
“I was on my way to work when I noticed the first horse, a paint. I went to take a closer look and observed obvious gunshot wounds. As I drove to higher ground, I saw the bodies of more horses who were shot to death,” said Yanito, who works for the San Juan County road department.
He said it was Jan. 3, 2022, when he found the carcasses of six dead horses along state Route 162 in San Juan County between Bluff and Montezuma Creek.
He reported the shootings to San Juan County officials, but since then the shootings have persisted. The total count of dead horses in the area now stands at 16, said Lynda Logan, of Advocates for Wild Equines.
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Written by LOGAN STEFANICH, KSL.com.
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