Good News for Wild Horses

Madeleine Pickens, wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens, made known her intentions to adopt not just the doomed wild horses but most or all of the 30,000 horses and burros kept in federal holding pens. Lifelong animal lovers, the Pickenses just a few years ago led the fight to close the last horse slaughterhouse in the United States.

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4 comments:

Goldie, Shade and Banshee said...

That is VERY good news indeed!!

River said...

They are also the ones who filled up a whole plane with dogs from Katrina disaster and flew them to safety. They are amazing people.

love & wags,
River

Jans Funny Farm said...

Good for the Pickens!

Alastriona, The Cats and Dogs said...

They sound amazing River, thanks for telling us about their efforts to help after the Katrina disaster. We missed out on a lot of news during that period.

We are very happy for the horses. ~S,S & C