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130517149241
May 11, 2011

Truth teller. These horses that are being gathered up are not on private land. They are on federal land that is being leased for a approximately $1.25 per head of cattle for each year. Let's have the ranchers pay a fair rate. The budget for the wild horse and burro program for the coming year is 75.7 million dollars. There is also an additional 42.5 million dollars set aside to purchase the land for one wild horse preserve. End the round-ups and transport of horses to pens in the mid-west. These magnificent animals are being abused for no reason other than federally subsidized ranchers want them off of the land!

Gary Cooper
Apr 29, 2011

Sorry I missed Ms Pickens in Dallas on the 29th at 10:00am. I'd been planning that for weeks, however was in the hospital on 28th & didn't out till 5:45 on the 29th. So I did the next best thing. I shipped what I was going to give Ms Pickens. I think could send may supports to the cause. just google G. Wayne Cooper. Thank you for all you do. Gary (the runner in Texas)

Karen S. Freebersyser
Apr 28, 2011

Thank you for all you are doing to help the American wild horse and burros. I applaud your efforts, and wish you the best in your efforts to create a sanctuary. These animals deserve better than being forced to live a miserable existence in the holding pens, or being sent to slaughter. I hope all the western states will follow your example and set up sanctuaries to preserve this very endearing part of American history. These round-ups must stop! This is nothing more than taxpayer funded animal abuse. I love horses and have never seen them in the wild. I look forward to visiting your eco-sanctuary to see these magnificent creatures in their natural existence. Again, thank you for your efforts to save the American wild horse and burros from extinction.You are awesome!

Maureen Barrett
Apr 22, 2011

I fully support this wonderful effort to save our wild horses and burros. I would like to suggest drumming up more interest in the state of Wyoming also. We have several small herds in the Superior-Rock Springs area alone that are now under the threat of round up and I know of two mares on Hwy. 371 to Superior that have new, very small and fragile foals. I love these horses and have named these mares Sugarfoot and Pepper. It would break my heart to see these foals die like has happened already to these two devoted mothers two years in a row now. I stand with you Ms. Pickens.

Michelle Ferchalk
Apr 18, 2011

I love these horses! When I was a little girl I dream of running with them! Silly I know but I have got to see them up close last year and ran the fastest I could to stay with them! Thank you for helping these fine animals!!

Carolyn L. Krall
Apr 17, 2011

I'd like to help in whatever way I can, to save the mustangs for my children and grandchildren. Please keep up the good work and let us know how we can support your work.

130279930682
Apr 14, 2011

Thank you for being the caring compassionate people you are.

donna
Apr 05, 2011

Keep up the great work...hope you are able to reach your goal!

Bruce Burdick S.r.
Apr 05, 2011

I have Miniature Horses, but would like to see their larger counter parts preserved as part of our Horse Heritage. In the Horse world we all know what they represent, and what we all learn from them.

Joanna Schultz
Mar 30, 2011

what a waste of out tax dollars, gathering up wild horses, our government is wasting so much money on silly stuff, and then they raise our taxes too, this outrageous. leave the horses alone, can't man just leave some of Gods animals alone!!!!!!!

Ali
Mar 29, 2011

we need to get up of are buts and stand up for them if we just sit around like nothing is going on they are just going to disapear like all the other animals that happened to so if i were you i would get off my but and save them because i dont want to see them dispear forever because that would be ashamed to let that happen to them and this is only coming from a 12 turning 13 sixthgrader.

129950806678
Mar 26, 2011

Love the work you do. Thanks for it. Wish I could be a part of it and do more. I keep writing and hope that at some pont this will help. A drop on a hot stone but if there are many drops.... hope the sanctuary will be opened soon. Take care and thanks to all of the mustang lovers!

Deborah Parks
Mar 13, 2011

I am glad to see this issue brought to attention!!!

Liesje Marie
Mar 09, 2011

my parents rescued an American Quarter Horse which I had all thru my childhood, "HONDO" my truly best friend...and my heart aches reading this info and having recently visited Carson City, Nevada I was informed thousands of wild horses are auctioned near there every January for rescue. This cause and all of its participants have my deepest respect! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS, KEEP UP THE WONDERFUL WORK.

Tiffany Ann Campbell-Cornwell
Mar 09, 2011

GOD BLESS YOU and all who are assisting you.I was just saying the other day on facebook that we should save their natural lands and fence them in thier natural land since farmers and government want to take this land away for cattle and big companies. Why is it that we are willing to do more for animals that should never be domesticated than we do for these horses/burros. If only you could make sure that you were able to rescue those used in Cheyenne and other places for their stupid "wild horse races"

Kristian and Elizabeth Kuhn
Mar 08, 2011

Dear Madeline, Thanks so much for all you fine work. Betsy and I currently have 8 Horses,5 of which are Mustang adoptions. The rest are Rescues.

Mary Semerak
Mar 03, 2011

Im glad after reading to see that birth control is the goal to stop the senseless out of control management of the herds and to maintain a legacy that will ensure they will be cared for until they die in a humane manner ,by nature or natural causes.Bless you for taking on this cause!they deserve to be wild and untamed where they belong on the land, and having future generations in mind and caring until the end for the American Mustang.They deserve this the American West was won along time ago and their are enough horse breeders in the US letting horses starve to death in their backyards i see it on the news everyday,Im hoping for an American registry that will require quality in all the herds in the US ,instead of at the hands of inexperienced people without a clue on quality and adding to the already out of control american horse populations.Bottom line we need smarter horse owners and less breeding in America.

Wild Horses
Mar 01, 2011

FACT SHEET FOR SPRUCE RANCH Madeleine Pickens has purchased the first property to launch an eco-sanctuary for wild horses in Elko County, Nevada. The ranch is located approximately 35 miles south of Wells, NV on Highway 93, a main north south travel artery and within 35 miles of Interstate 80. THE PROPERTY: The ranch encompasses nearly 600,000 acres of deeded and public land allotments. It is watered by 26 wells and 17 springs. Spruce Mountain rises over 10,000 feet in the center of the ranch and the ranch is flanked by two valleys rich in feed, the Independence Valley to the West and the Goshute Valley to the East. While there is ample feed on the public land allotments for summer months, forage production for the winter months and times of inclement weather conditions will be a key part of the final proposal. Mrs. Pickens now has another piece of property under contract, the Warm Springs Ranch, a parcel of land that includes 4,000 deeded acres and 22,000 public land acres. This property will serve as the entrance to the sanctuary and the deeded land includes a number of center pivots that will provide forage production for winter months. THE STARTUP PLAN FOR THE SANCTUARY: In our numerous discussions with the BLM, they indicated concerns about trying to take too many horses in the initial startup phase. Therefore, the initial startup will include 1,000 horses taken from existing short term holding facilities. It should be noted , however, that the ranch can be quickly improved and expanded to increase the number of horses annually with the eventual intent to take as many as 11,000 horses, the total number currently in short term holding. As previously noted, the ranch will be entirely fenced, precluding spillover to surrounding ranches, and the entire horse population will be non-reproductive. It should be the goal of the BLM and Congress to work with the Foundation to help expand the capacity of the ranch to increase the savings to the taxpayer and decrease the problems associated with excess wild horses currently in holding. THE FINANCIALS: The BLM is spending an average of $5.75 per day per horse in current short term holding facilities. The sanctuary will take those same horses for $1.25 per day per horse, thereby saving $4.50 per day per horse. Those savings equate to $1,654,000 per year for every 1000 horses that can be accommodated at the sanctuary. That figure does not include cost of living increases incurred by the government holding the horses. It should be pointed out that the BLM currently pays $1.25 per day on average for ALL the horses in long term holding. Equally important, when looking at the $1.25 per day per horse figure, is the fact that the Foundation that operates the sanctuary will reinvest 100% of the stipend received from the government back into the project. This stands in stark contrast to the current arrangements whereby private contractors capture as much of the government money as possible as profit. Reinvesting the money benefits the horses and provides the public with a unique experience as they visit this national monument. It should also be pointed out that Madeleine Pickens has purchased the land with private funds and will deed it over to the Foundation in perpetuity for the purposes of a national eco sanctuary for wild horses. This again stands in stark contrast to the proposal by the Secretary to use taxpayer money to purchase land for “preserves.” The BLM has not gotten a handle on the excess wild horse problem over the years and the numbers have continued to mount while they have pursued a strategy of gather, gather, gather. This failure to look at the larger picture has resulted in administrative costs for various holding programs of millions and million of dollars. It is time to move in a different direction. SUMMARY: This proposal provides the only real alternative to the current method of holding horses, standing them in pens for what often proves to be years. It saves the government and taxpayer money, provides an experience for the American people where they can come and see wild horses in a location that will offer a full range of amenities, including a high tech learning center and a wide range of recreational opportunities that will cater to the needs and interests of everyone who visits. It will generate significant tax revenues for local government, provide jobs and other revenues associated with tourist travel.

129892608725
Feb 28, 2011

Horses ARE being slaughtered all the time. I have one who was at the slaughter house in the summer of 2010. He is beautiful and I am so grateful there are those who help!!

Pat Miller
Feb 28, 2011

please put me onyour Newsletter list. What can I do to help? Long overdue needed for thesae horses.

judith brimmer
Feb 22, 2011

I have watched a lot of the videos and have observed that the mustangs have blood running from their noses that is called winded and means they have ruptured thier lungs and that is a death sentance for any horse we need a new law written that if they insist chasing these animals then it should be horse to horse ,they quit doing that because the people who did round ups with horses lost several they got winded from running to long ok to run the mustangs to death with motorized vehicles helicopter because they know it will kill their riding horses if they round up with them,get a new law on this pres bush is who eliminated the old law ,wild horse annie got a date with congress why cant we I would gladly stand in front of congress and plead for these animals who are now about 1/10 of what were alive when wild horse annie fought for them

Anita Grace
Feb 17, 2011

I am just really Proud of the work that Mrs. Madeleine Pickens has done in the past and is still doing. She has thousands of folks behind Her. It's sooo tragic to watch the tapes of how the BLM rounds up all those Beautiful, helpless Mustangs and at the worst time, anyway with so many babies and 100's lost their lives so painfully along with their Mothers. I have been crying every single day and I am just sick to my stomach over this and I can NOT watch those video's any longer !!!! I think I would give my own legs to save every single one of those poor Mustangs, coming from a Mustang owner. All they want is a Home, food and water a healthy diet and someone to care "for them"

Lisa Mortimeyer
Feb 16, 2011

I was recently in NV and stopped by the "adoption center" there were a group of mustangs in there at the time. They were stressed, anxious, some were injured. When i returned, I had a note on my e-mail from a man friend that has to go to Japan on business and he says that in Japan, horse meat is the next "kobe beef". So, as whale and dolphin become less attainable and all of the sharks have their fins cut off and they are thrown back into our ocean to die a slow and agonizing death, we let Japan and other asian/european countries rape our soil here in the US??? I don't think it's about big oil, I think it's about a nation NOT settled with the help of the horse and their HUGE population that have now decided horse should be on the menu. But, what do I know. I just found out about this from the guy that goes to Japan and said how good the horse meat is. We have to stop the demand for the meat and make it illegal to sell these animals to any other country. They have not overpopulated the western states! That's ludicris.

Sheri Pixler
Feb 16, 2011

It is absolutely deplorable what the government is doing to this beautiful creatures. I totally support you in your efforts to save the Mustangs. Good old government! I wonder how Mr. Ken Salazar would like to have his family rounded up and be terrorized by helicopters! It absolutely makes me sick to my stomach what they are doing. We all need to support you and pray to God that these horses can be saved. They are part of America's Frontier and belong where they are undisturbed. I have been so disturbed by the videos of the roundup and would like to see them get their just punishment for what they are doing. If you abuse animals you held accountable for it, or at least should be. What makes our representatives above the law? They need to be good examples for the American public not executioners. Or maybe they need to be executed for their actions. I hope and pray that SAM can save these wonderful and beautiful horses that have roamed the frontier much longer than these despicable politicians. And they wonder why Americans don't want to vote. I personally have NO faith in them whatsoever!!!

Gail Hadarits
Feb 15, 2011

I think I speak for all american"s we support all you do for the Mustangs an all Horses... Keep up the good work and do'nt give up !!!! Gail Hadarits