The Pickens Horse Plan
Madeleine Pickens is a national treasure. Married to billionaire T. Boone, she just could sit back, help her husband disperse his capacious earnings, and live life as another indistinguishable wealthy socialite. Instead, she has taken up a cause not embraced by most philanthropists yet definitely in need of a financial angel.
Her most recent venture is to save some 30,000 wild mustangs and burros now living on federal land, with no promise from Uncle Sam that they may continue to do so. The Bureau of Land Management was on the verge of slaughtering 2,000 of the mustangs because they'd not been bought at auction and were too expensive to continue to feed.
Instead, Mrs. Pickens swooped in and is scouring the West for land to permanently house not only the at-risk mustangs, but some 30,000 horses and burros now living life (if you can call it that) on small mud patches otherwise known as federal holding pens.
Mrs. Pickens is already well known in the animal support world for her rescue of thoroughbreds, disposed as yesterday's garbage by the racing industry. She and her husband also moved mountains to rescue animals left behind by reluctant owners after Hurricane Katrina swept through and destroyed the Gulf Coast.
The Post also reports, "Lifelong animal lovers, the Pickenses just a few years ago led the fight to close the last horse slaughterhouse in the United States."
Bravo for Madeleine and T. Boone!
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SAVING WILD HORSES AND BURRO'S
I HAVE BEEN A HORSE LOVER EVERY SINCE I WAS A KID. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD SAVE THE WILD HORSE AND BURRO'S THEY HAVE BEEN ON THIS EARTH A LONG TIME AND THEY NEED A CHANCE TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THE WILD. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM RUNNING FREE.
Wild Horses
God Bless you and your family Mrs. Pickens!
I have been praying for the Wild Horses since I heard about the possible slaughter.
You are following in the footsteps of Wild Horse Annie! I wrote the BLM, I wrote my Senator and Congressman, and tried to start a "grass roots movement" all without much sucess. You have done in one fell swoop everything and beyond what I hoped was possible. I did talk with Senator John Barasso of my state Wyoming, and he really listened and has been talking to people about the issue, you might contact him.
Maybe there is some land here in Wyoming or Montana you could buy. I would really like to help and I'm sure so would all the other Wild Horse, and just horse lovers in this world. Please let us know how to help. I understand you might set up some kind of a trust for them that we could donate to, please do, and let me know what I can do to help on any level! THANK YOU SO MUCH Please continue your fight against the slaughterhouses also!
Wild Horses
God Bless you and your family Mrs. Pickens!
I have been praying for the Wild Horses since I heard about the possible slaughter.
You are following in the footsteps of Wild Horse Annie! I wrote the BLM, I wrote my Senator and Congressman, and tried to start a "grass roots movement" all without much sucess. You have done in one fell swoop everything and beyond what I hoped was possible. I did talk with Senator John Barasso of my state Wyoming, and he really listened and has been talking to people about the issue, you might contact him.
Maybe there is some land here in Wyoming or Montana you could buy. I would really like to help and I'm sure so would all the other Wild Horse, and just horse lovers in this world. Please let us know how to help. I understand you might set up some kind of a trust for them that we could donate to, please do, and let me know what I can do to help on any level! THANK YOU SO MUCH Please continue your fight against the slaughterhouses also!
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