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The Wild Horse Annie Act

August 16, 2013
During the 1950s in Nevada, Velma B. Johnston, later known as Wild Horse Annie, became aware of the ruthless and indiscriminate manner in which wild horses were being rounded-up ... Read More
August 16, 2013AnnieFannie
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Nevada Dept. of Agriculture seeks nonprofit group to help manage Virginia Range wild horses

July 29, 2013
The Nevada Department of Agriculture currently has an agreement with the group Return to Freedom to take wild horses rounded up by the state agency so they avoid potential sale ... Read More
July 29, 2013AnnieFannie
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Our Aging Horses Need Your Help

July 3, 2013
Once mighty herd leaders, our senior horses head towards the sunset of their lives. Will you help us give them the comfort and care they need? Below is the story ... Read More
July 3, 2013AnnieFannie
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Nevada Governor Signs Bill That Will Protect Virginia Range Wild Horses From Slaughter

June 17, 2013
The historic Virginia Range Horses - wild horses that free range on local, state and private lands near Reno, NV - have been afforded a layer of protection today that ... Read More
June 17, 2013AnnieFannie
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Virginia Range Mustangs Rescued

May 6, 2013
On April 1, 2013, Hidden Valley Wild Horse Preservation Fund travelled to the Carson City prison facility to pick up six Virginia Range mustangs who had been captured by the ... Read More
May 6, 2013AnnieFannie

The National Academy of Sciences (Excerpts)

April 16, 2013
This report completes a “research study” assigned to a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee by the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 and agreed to in a contract ... Read More
April 16, 2013AnnieFannie
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Eclectic Wine Bar & Grille Benefit

November 29, 2012
Friends and supporters joined us in North Hollywood at the Eclectic Wine Bar and Grille for a delightful afternoon to enjoy a stunning wild horse photography installation by photographer Elissa ... Read More
November 29, 2012AnnieFannie
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California’s Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary Embarks on Pioneering Mustang Rescue

November 24, 2012
Program to Re-establish Family Bands for Captured Wild Horses Advances with Today’s Arrival of 74 Mares to Return to Freedom’s Care Fallon, Nevada (December 13, 2010) As the one-year anniversary of ... Read More
November 24, 2012AnnieFannie
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Devastating Calico Round Up Begins

November 24, 2012
It was not long ago that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a proposal to euthanize some 30,000 wild horses that they have stockpiled in federal holding facilities, due ... Read More
November 24, 2012AnnieFannie
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26 Horses Dead After Excruciating Winter Roundup

November 24, 2012
Over 1300 wild horses have been removed from the Calico Complex in Nevada to date. After having been herded by helicopter for miles over snowy and rocky terrain, foals, older ... Read More
November 24, 2012AnnieFannie
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