More Than 100 Wild Horses Dead Amid Southwest Drought

More than 100 wild horses were discovered dead in Arizona due to worsening drought conditions in America's Southwest region, officials said this week. The animals were found by a pond near Grey Mountain—an unincorporated community in Coconino County, Arizona. The 111 dead horses typically consumed the pond's water, but drier conditions made water scarce. "Due to drought conditions, they became stuck in the mud and were too weak from thirst to climb out," Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation tribe, said Tuesday via Twitter. "This is the beginning. The Navajo Nation has over 70,000 feral horses." http://www.newsweek.com/wild-horses-dead-amid-drought-912012