Dear Friends, I hope you all are doing well as we prepare for family and friends during the holiday season. I am reaching out for help to find homes for 22 wild horses who will be sent to the slaughter auction in less than one month if we cannot find them a place to go. These horses are descended from the very horses that inspired Velma Johnston A.K.A. Wild Horse Annies crusade to save Americas wild horses, which resulted in the passing of the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act in 1971. Return to Freedom with AWHPC has a cooperative agreement with the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA), that allows us to purchase horses directly from the state and place them with rescues or individuals so that the horses do not have to go through the auction and advocates are not forced to outbid kill buyers. Over the past two years, 170 wild horses captured by the NDA have been rescued, including 23 under the direct care of AWHPC. Local rescues are full and cannot absorb the additional horses at the prison, which means that they will be sent to the livestock auction if placement is not located. After being captured from the NDA from their homes in the Virginia Range in northern Nevada, the 22 horses currently waiting at the Carson City prison for an urgent solution include: - Bond, a gelded stallion and his family - pictured below - Over a dozen other horses All horses are un handleable. Please circulate to any friends you think could help! contact: [email protected]
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:47:31 +0000
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