No wild horses seen in distress after dry pond incidents, BLM reports [Video]

EMERY, Utah — The Utah Bureau of Land Management claims no wild horses have been seen over the past few days in the area where two horses got stuck in a dry pond, forcing them to be put down earlier this week.

In a post to social media, BLM officials said staff members situated at McKay Flat within the Muddy Creek Horse Herd Management Area had not seen horses over the last three days.

The area near Emery was being monitored after a mare got stuck in a drying pond Monday. Officials described the dry pond as having “essentially turned into a mud hole,” and the horse was humanely euthanized.

Horses put down after being stuck in dry pond while looking for water:

Horses put down after getting stuck in drying pond while looking for water

On the same day, a foal was also rescued from the same pond, but was put down due to …