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Missoula resident urges county action after dangerous feral‑horse encounters in Miller Creek
Summary
A Miller Creek resident told Missoula County commissioners that recurring feral‑horse incidents have endangered people and property and urged ordinances banning feeding, a county response agency, and humane population‑control and rehoming plans. She said state statutes and unclear jurisdiction hamper emergency care.
Vanessa Fink, a Miller Creek resident, told the Missoula County Commissioners during public comment that repeated encounters with feral horses have put residents and animals at risk and that existing agencies have declined to intervene. "I think it's time as a community that we take responsibility for these animals," she said, recounting incidents from 2021 through this year, including injured animals, a foal stuck in barbed wire, and collisions on Lower Miller Creek Road.
Fink described a 2021 filly found with deep gashes and said she contacted Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), the Bureau of Land Management,…
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