Madeleine Pickens Reacts to BLM’s Selection of Mustang Monument Ecosanctuary

We are elated to share the announcement from the Bureau of Land management that they are prepared to move forward with the wild horse eco-sanctuary that I have proposed in Elko County, Nevada. I want to personally thank the thousands upon thousands of supporters of Saving America’s Mustangs that have weighed in with their support [...]

Pickens’ Nevada wild horse eco-sanctuary plans advance

Laura Myers \Las Vegas Review Journal (4/19/12) The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday approved launching an environmental assessment of Madeleine Pickens’ proposed eco-sanctuary for wild horses in northeastern Nevada, taking the first step toward possible approval of the unique public-private project to protect mustangs. The BLM decision comes several years after the wife of [...]

Billionaire’s wife wants to open sanctuary, save taxpayers’ money

Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Friday, April 13, 2012 Greenwire Madeleine Pickens wants to save America’s wild mustangs. The wife of Texas oil and gas magnate T. Boone Pickens said she is in the final throes of a deal that would allow her to open a sanctuary in northeast Nevada to shelter up to 1,000 [...]

ASPCA Grants $100,000 to Wild Horse Fertility Control

On April 16 the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) announced a $100,000 grant to the Science and Conservation Center in Billings, Mont., to construct the Henry Bergh Training Annex, named after the ASPCA’s founder, to train professionals in administering fertility control to wild horses. The non-profit Science and Conservation Center [...]

I-Team: Horse Sanctuary Faces Lengthy Delays

It’s very interesting that Secretary Salazar would not comment on my eco-preserve plan being a discussion item of tourism in Nevada.  It seems the Secretary didn’t understand the full scale of what our project is attempting to do. The BLM announced the Wyoming eco-sanctuary with only 250 horses and no amenities to be a “milestone” [...]

ASPCA Speaks Up for Wild Horses!

Guest blog post from Nancy Perry, Senior Vice President of ASPCA Government Relations. Did you know that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the federal agency in charge of protecting our country’s wild horses and burros?  Enacted more than 40 years ago, the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act states that the federal [...]

Nine-Year-Old Comes to Washington to Speak Up for Horses

In “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” a young Jimmy Stewart comes to Washington as a lawmaker to demand good government and to root out corruption. Well, yesterday, young Mr. Gregg—9-year-old Declan Gregg, that is—came to Washington to root out cruelty to animals. Declan came to The HSUS’s downtown headquarters after a long day on Capitol [...]

Horse Welfare Conference to Counter Horse Slaughter Conference

Published on Mar 23, 2012 – 12:42:18 PM   By: Respect 4 Horses OKLAHOMA CITY, March 23, 2012 – Equine advocates from across the nation will participate in a press conference and live webcast, the Summit of the Live Horse, aired from Oklahoma City on 04/03/2012 to address the explosive issues surrounding Horse Slaughter and [...]

Two Girls, One Very Battered Tent, and a Herd of Wild Horses

Stunning photos and report on the San Wash Basin wild horse herd by our coalition partner, The Cloud Foundation.

Community Speaks Out Against Horse Slaughter in Missouri

From the blog of Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Sue Wallis, a Wyoming state representative and the most visible booster for horse slaughter in the United States, took it on the chin the other day in Missouri, as local residents strongly opposed her proposal for a horse slaughter [...]

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