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Saddle-trained wild horses available for Carson City adoption on Saturday, February 22

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Prison program adoption event

 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections are hosting the first of three annual saddle-trained horse adoption events in Carson City on Saturday, February 22, at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) located at 1721 Snyder Avenue.

Fifteen wild horses from ranges on BLM-administered public lands in Nevada and Oregon will be offered for adoption at the NNCC corrals. Public viewing begins at 9 a.m. and will be followed by a competitive bid adoption conducted by an auctioneer beginning at 10 a.m. The beginning bid on all horses is $150.

The horses range in age from four to six years and vary in weight and color. The horses are saddle-trained at the NNCC by inmates in the Nevada Department of Corrections program and receive at least 120 days of training.

A catalog of BLM wild horses offered for the February 22 adoption is posted on-line at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carson_city_field.html.  Frequently asked questions about the program are answered at the same site.

Directions to NNCC:

Traveling south on Interstate 580, take exit 38 and turn left on Fairview Drive, make a right on South Edmonds Drive and then another right on Snyder Avenue, then  left into the NNCC. Traveling north on 395, turn right onto East Clearview Drive, then right to South Edmonds drive, and right again onto Snyder Avenue and left into the NNCC.

Potential adopters are asked to enter the NNCC from the north side and watch for signs and event personnel at the extreme south end of the facility directing event participants to the horse corrals and parking.

 

NNCC rules prohibit the public from wearing any blue clothing, blue jeans, tank tops or shorts at the auction. Also, please no cell phones, cameras or recording devices.

For more information contact John Axtell at 775-885-6146

-BLM-

Urgent call to save young wild horse from probable slaughter!

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Posted on Jan 27, 2014 @ 8:38 PST

Great News! BLM’s Debbie Collins has told us Cinnamon has been adopted this morning! We are so grateful for everyone’s help sharing her info so she can be saved from getting a 3rd Strike! Congratulations to her adopter.

Posted on Jan 26, 2014 @ 13:57

We followed up on Cinnamon to make sure she had been adopted only to learn the little filly now has 2 STRIKES and is in Oklahoma!

Share widely to find an adopter so she doesn’t get a 3rd STRIKE, be sold to a kill buyer and get shipped to probable slaughter in Canada or Mexico.

If she’s not adopted ASAP then Cinnamon will get her 3rd strike, when passed over again. 3-Strike wild horses loose all their protections and are often SOLD by the truckload for $10 a head. The buyer signs a paper saying they won’t sell them to slaughter. This middleman or kill buyer sells them into the slaughter pipeline. Then the horses are BUTCHERED in Canada or Mexico while the BLM claims they don’t sell wild horses to slaughter.

Currently the Nevada Farm Bureau is suing BLM to DESTROY (kill) all the alleged “unadoptables” like Cinnamon so they can roundup more.

Here is the BLM info on Cinnamon from November 2013:

Sex: Filly     Age: 1 Years   Height (in hands): 13

Necktag #: 12618764   Date Captured: 08/01/12

Color: Sorrel   Captured: Desatoya (NV)

Notes:
#8764 – yearling Sorral Filly, Star, rounded up August 18, 2012 from NV0606 Desatoya Herd Area, Nevada.

BLM says, “This horse has always been very friendly. She was always the first one to come to the fence to greet the public. Tag# 8764 has been in a pen by herself for two weeks. When we took the pictures on 9/18 she was introduced to her halter, she lipped it for a few minutes and then let us put it on her without any hesitation. She lets us brush her and run our hands down her legs. 8764 has not offered to kick or bite. 8764 is very willing to learn new things. 8764 has not been worked with a lot, she is just a very loving lil filly.”

Contact Debbie Collins to adopt Cinnamon:

Debbie Collins
BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Program
Marketing and National Information Center

405-790-1056
dacollin@blm.gov

Cinnamon appears to be halter gentled so her stabling requirements might be different. Normally once a horse is halter-gentled they can live with other horses in pens or barn with normal fencing and don’t need extremely high fencing. Please email Debbie Collins about this. Keeping everything written down prevents confusion and misunderstandings.

Here is the adoption form: http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/whb/files/adoption_application_4710-010.pdf

Please contact us if you are having difficulty with the BLM and if they are not helping solve potential problems. We will do our best to help create a positive outcome. Our email is Contact@ProtectMustangs.org.

Thank you for helping Cinnamon!

Greetings from Blondie & Tibet

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PM Blondie & Tibet Dec 2 2013
Blondie (rt) & Tibet (lft) were yearlings facing their 3rd Strike with no adopters. We kept our pledge to find homes for them and others. Many found homes but Blondie & Tibet did not. We welcomed them into our Outreach Program and gentled them last winter. We are grateful to Blondie’s anonymous sponsor and hope someone will come forward to be a special part of Tibet’s life by becoming his sponsor.  www.ProtectMustangs.org

Help Wyoming wild horses find homes away from slaughter

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PM Steve Mantle

Adopt from Mantle Ranch. If you can’t adopt then share this to help the mustangs.

Steve Mantle was mentored by Brian Neubert who was mentored by Bill and Tom Dorrance.  Steve works with wild horses using natural horsemanship methods.

Steve’s ranch has a contract with BLM to adopt out wild horses. He has taken in many Wyoming horses to help them get homes. Recently he accepted many from the Rock Springs Corral that was being cleared out for the Adobe Town/Salt Wells roundup.

We recommend getting an untamed or halter-gentled wild horse from Steve and his sons.

When no one came forward to adopt Tibet, he went to Mantle Ranch where we picked him up. We had a positive experience with Steve and recommend him. Steve is a good horseman with vast knowledge who genuinely cares about the horses.

People like Steve Mantle help keep wild horses out of the slaughter pipeline but they need our help. If you or your friends can adopt one or two horses from Steve then he can help more wild horses.

Contact Mantle Ranch by email: Mantle9@WyomingWireless.com and by phone: 307-322-5799

Meet Steve and his sons:

 

 

 

Links of interest™:

Tom Dorrance: http://tomdorrance.com/

Bill Dorrance: http://www.billdorrance.com/

Ray Hunt: http://www.rayhunt.com/

Brian Neubert: http://www.bryanneubert.com/

Mantle Ranch: http://www.mantleswildhorses.com/

Remember sharing is caring.

No shade for captive wild horses as temperatures soar in Nevada, despite requests from the public and elected officials

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PVC Thermometer 5:30 pm June 28

 

RENO, NV (June 28, 2013)–With temperatures rising in the triple digits, Nevada photographer, Taylor James visited the national wild horse “processing” facility twice today for Protect Mustangs. She took photos and pointed her video camera over the fence. No sprinklers were seen at Palomino Valley Center (PVC). Surely there were sprinklers somewhere because the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced they were putting sprinklers up to appease public outcry. Why are they putting sprinklers up when the wild horses need shade?

“I witnessed wild horses at Palomino Valley who were in distress today because of the heat,” states Taylor James. “I could not see any sprinklers from my vantage point. They looked miserable without shade.”

Anne Novak, Executive Director of Protect Mustangs, has appealed directly to Secretary Jewell to intervene–to stop the suffering and create shade for the wild horses and burros at Palomino Valley Center. “What these captured wild horses need in sweltering triple digit heat is shade from the blistering sun,” says Novak.

“We have a state law that says dogs need proper shade, food and water, so why not those horses?” asks Mark Manendo, Nevada State Senator. “Why would the BLM not want to provide proper care for the horses–especially if they require adopters must prove the wild horses will have access to shade?”

Protect Mustangs is working with elected officials, advocates and concerned members of the public, to request the BLM give captive wild horses and burros shade and provide them with 24/7 onsite personnel.

Currently no one lives at the facility. No one is there daily after business hours. If there is an emergency, no one can ensure the safety of the more than 1,800 treasured wild horses and burros after normal business hours and on most weekends.

“We joined with Senator Mark Manendo on June 9th to officially request the BLM in Washington provide shade for the captured wild horses at Palomino Valley and elsewhere,” states Novak. “They have done nothing.”

“The BLM must think this sort of animal cruelty is acceptable–but it’s heinous,” adds Novak.  “How many wild horses will perish before they finally do something? Their disregard for America’s icons shows that they just don’t care.”

In the wild, native horses can migrate to more comfortable places during heat waves. In the pens they are trapped and at the mercy of those who chased them with helicopters, tore them from their families and took them from their homes on the range.

Video © Taylor James for Protect Mustangs.org

Basic animal husbandly requires access to shelter as seen at a Nevada equine facility about 8 miles up the road. The BLM ignores horse management protocol while allegedly caring for thousands of wild horses.

For information on the crisis created by the BLM to remove the majority of wild horses and burros off their native land, cruelty towards America’s icons of freedom and no evidence of overpopulation according to the National Academy of Sciences visit www.ProtectMustangs.org

“Like” us on Facebook for updates and ways to help the wild horses: https://www.facebook.com/ProtectMustangs

Read our June 9th press release requesting shade: http://protectmustangs.org/?p=4501

We want to thank photographer Taylor James for driving out to Palomino Valley Center during the heat wave to document and witness the ‘no shade’ fiasco.

We send a special shout out to fellow wild horse and burro advocates who are also working to get shade for our beloved wild horses and burros: Monika Courtney, Jetara Séhart, Dr. Lester Friedlander, Patty Bumgarner, Colleen Denson, Joanne Cronan-Hamoy, Debbie Catalina, Rt. Fitch, Debbie Coffey, Carl Mrozek, Jill Willis, Craig Downer and others.

We are deeply grateful to Senator Mark Manendo for his compassionate commitment to the humane treatment of America’s wild horses and burros.

Videos from June 28, 2013 Observation at Palomino Valley Center:  Coming Soon

We will be updating this page with videos and photos so check back here to see them.

PVC 5:30 p.m. Car Therm June 28 2013 Heat Wave with No Shade

PVC No Shade Heat Wave

PVC June 28 2013 Water trough

Shocking avoidance of simple question re: Strangles, deaths at national adoption and “processing” center

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——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Shocking avoidance of simple question by BLM employee
interfacing with the public re: Wild Horses & Burros
From: <anne@protectmustangs.org>
Date: Fri, April 12, 2013 4:09 pm
To: “Beck, James” <j1beck@blm.gov>

Dear Jeb,
Is your new policy to refuse answering a simple question and direct us to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office? Is this an appropriate use of tax dollars? Is this how you, the acting facility manager, show transparency to the public?
I’m shocked at your response and your facility’s lack of transparency. I would like you to please respond to my simple question:
“How many horses have died at the facility since Jan 1, 2013?”
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Anne Novak
Enclosed below is the previous email stream regarding the health of the native wild horses held in captivity at Palomino Valley Center, the nations largest processing and adoption center near Reno, which lead up to Mr. Beck’s evasive response.
Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
San Francisco Bay Area
Tel./Text: 415.531.8454
Read about native wild horses: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=562 
Protect Mustangs on Facebook
Protect Mustangs on Twitter
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs
Protect Mustangs is devoted to protecting native wild horses. Our mission is to educate the public about the native wild horse, protect and research American wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.  
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: PVC reply
From: <anne@protectmustangs.org>
Date: Fri, April 12, 2013 11:20 am
To: “Beck, James” <j1beck@blm.gov>

Dear Jeb,
How many horses have died at the facility since Jan 1 2013?
Best,
Anne Novak
Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
San Francisco Bay Area
Tel./Text: 415.531.8454
Read about native wild horses: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=562 
Protect Mustangs on Facebook
Protect Mustangs on Twitter
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs
Protect Mustangs is devoted to protecting native wild horses. Our mission is to educate the public about the native wild horse, protect and research American wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.  
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: PVC reply
From: “Beck, James” <j1beck@blm.gov>
Date: Fri, April 12, 2013 10:58 am
To: <anne@protectmustangs.org>

Anne, nothing has changed at Palomino Valley since our talk last Friday. We currently have some upper respiratory illness and cases of strangles at the facility. The PVC staff along with the contract veterinarian have been closely monitoring the situation and the horses have responded to treatment and are improving.
Shipment for adoption purposes or to other facilities is 3 to 4 weeks depending on pen location and negative culture results. At this time there are no plans to ship to long term pastures from PVC. Broken Arrow does not have any respiratory illness or strangles events at this time.
Thanks Jeb

—

James  (Jeb) Beck
Acting Facility Manager
Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Center
775-475-2222
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Info request re: Outbreak at PVC
From: <anne@protectmustangs.org>
Date: Fri, April 05, 2013 3:05 pm
To: J1Beck@BLM.gov

Dear Jeb,
Kindly inform me on the outbreak at PVC. I have been hearing rumors and would like the official statement.
Sincerely,
Anne Novak
Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
San Francisco Bay Area
Tel./Text: 415.531.8454
Protect Mustangs on Facebook
Protect Mustangs on Twitter
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs
Protect Mustangs is devoted to protecting native wild horses. Our mission is to educate the public about the native wild horse, protect and research American wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: latest question
From: “Beck, James” <j1beck@blm.gov>
Date: Fri, April 12, 2013 2:20 pm
To: <anne@protectmustangs.org>

Anne,
Please forward your latest request for information to the Nevada state office, Freedom of Information Act coordinator. The main number is 775-861-6400.
Thanks Jeb
11:20 AM (2 hours ago)
to me
Dear Jeb,
How many horses have died at the facility since Jan 1 2013?
Best,
Anne Novak
Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
San Francisco Bay Area
Tel./Text: 415.531.8454
Read about native wild horses: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=562 
Protect Mustangs on Facebook
Protect Mustangs on Twitter
Protect Mustangs on YouTube
Protect Mustangs in the News
Donate to help Protect Mustangs
Protect Mustangs is devoted to protecting native wild horses. Our mission is to educate the public about the native wild horse, protect and research American wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom

—

James  (Jeb) Beck
Acting Facility Manager
Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Center
775-475-2222

Donate to haul Tibet, the wild mustang, to his safe place

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Tibet earned 2 Strikes from not getting picked at adoptions.

Tibet earned 2 Strikes from not getting picked at adoptions. (Photo by BLM adoptions)

As of tonight, January 29th we raised $400 from wild horse angels towards the total needed ($920) to bring Tibet out from Wheatland, Wyoming to us in the Bay Area. We need to raise $536 more (includes PayPal fees) by February 2, 2013. Please help and donate what you can to get Tibet to his safe place. Thank you for helping Tibet!

Please donate via PayPal to Contact@ProtectMustangs.org or mail your donations to:

Protect Mustangs, PO Box 5661, Berkeley, Ca. 94705. Make checks payable to Protect Mustangs.

It takes a village ~ Please donate any amount so Tibet can afford to be hauled to his safe place.

 

Tibetan prayer flag depicting Windhorse

Tibetan prayer flag depicting Windhorse

Ten tips for hauling adopted wild horses

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You can make the hauling easier on your new friends.
MUSTANG Chutes Day 1 Feb 8 2011 MUSTANG Trailer Exit Feb 8 2011

Tips for Happy Hauling

1.     Send the BLM pickup facility a photo of your trailer before you leave, so they sign off that it’s suitable. They don’t want ramps or dividers, etc.
2.    Make sure your truck and trailer are in the best working condition and your bearings are greased.
3.    Let the BLM know you want to be there while they load so you aren’t distracted with paperwork. Then you can oversee the BLM employees loading your adopted wild horses. If something feels wrong express yourself politely and advocate for your wild horses. You will be responsible if the horses in your care are injured once you drive off.
4.    Having the BLM wranglers take their tags off when they are in the chute has worked for us.
5.    We don’t let the BLM wranglers halter them because we want the first haltering to be out of love and trust–not force, fear and domination. We don’t halter the wild ones in the trailer as it causes A LOT of stress before loading. They cannot be tied as they are not trained to tie. They are wild.
6.    We don’t feed during short trailering as hay nets could be something that could cause trouble.
7.    We did not bed the last trailer we used for a 6 hour ride. It had a rubber floor and they traveled well.
8.    Upon arrival at our destination, we back the trailer up to the gate and open the gate to create a barrier between the paddock and the trailer. Then we carefully open the trailer door and stand aside.
9.    Whips aren’t necessary but patience is. We have witnessed the BLM employees use a whip to get a young wild horse out of a trailer. This terrified the horse and caused him to bash around in the metal trailer and fall down. Using horse psychology and taking your time makes the experience safe and easy.
10.    If the wild horses are hesitant to come out of the trailer then we give them some hay just outside the trailer and wait patiently. They are extremely sensitive to pressure so we give them their space. We give them time and they always unload. We never stand in front of their exit path as that puts pressure on them and makes it scary to come out. They have been known to bolt out so watch out!

Have someone there to film the unloading because it’s a moment you will never forget. Here is a short clip of Sol and Val, our Discover Mustangs project horses, unloading after getting out of the BLM’s facility.

 

 

 

Disclaimer: Horses, wild or domesticated, are inherently dangerous and can be unpredictable. Use the information and advice in this article at your own risk.

(Photos © Carolyn Orndof)

 

 

 

 

Happy Ending ~ Sweet Baby Red #2484 finds a home

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Pilgrim

Pilgrim formerly Sweet Baby Red #2484 happily adopted by April November 2012 (Photo © April, all rights reserved)

“I just wanted to give you guys an update on Baby Red now known as Pilgrim. I have had him for 1 week now and he has settled in beautifully. I have worked with him for the last 3 days and he is responding so well. He will move his forequarters and hindquarters away and come to me at liberty. I can halter him and he is coming to pressure on the halter already! I would have never known about this 3 strike program that the BLM has in place before seeing your site. I thank you so much for making people aware of these wonderful horses. This is such an awesome experience and I can’t wait to continue building this bond with this horse for years to come! Thank you!”

~April from South Carolina

Pilgrim, formerly known as Sweet Baby Red (#2484) is a Twin Peaks wild horse yearling from California. He was born at the Litchfield holding facility. He was passed over during the internet adoption and became an at-risk mustang with another strike against him. 3-Strikes and federally protected wild horses loose their protected status and can be sold to pro-slaughter buyers by the truckloads.

Protect Mustangs wants to make sure the Litchfield 11 who were passed over during the BLM’s national adoption find forever homes.

“We are keeping track of the eleven yearlings from the Litchfield Corrals, near Susanville,” explains Anne Novak, executive director of Protect Mustangs. “Some of these at-risk youngsters are still in California and some have been sent back East. A few have been adopted and several have accrued another dangerous strike against them.”

If anyone wants to adopt one of the Litchfield 11 please send an email to Contact@ProtectMustangs.org. The preservation group is happy to assist perspective adopters to navigate the BLM’s maze of red tape to adopt a mustang.

 

Pilgrim (Sweet Baby Red #2484) at the BLM Litchfield Corrals, California Sept 2012 (Photo courtesy BLM)

Failed Internet adoptions generate dangerous strikes for young wild horses

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Tibet (#9783) is a wild horse yearling from Wyoming who has 2-Strikes against him.

3 Strikes and federally protected wild horses can be sold to anyone who says they wont sell them to slaughter

Several young wild horses in the recent internet adoption were passed over and now have received two strikes against them. All the others have one strike now. Most of these wild horses are yearlings.

BLM’s head office confirmed by email what we warned was happening despite certain holding facilities giving out misleading information and confusing the public.

Now we must act quickly to save the 2-strikes horses on the list and ensure the 1-strikers get adopted before they get two more strikes and can be sold for $10 each by the truckload to people like Tom Davis, exposed in the recent ProPublica report. Davis is quoted as saying:

“Hell, some of the finest meat you will ever eat is a fat yearling colt.”

We are working with an adopter for Desiree (2-Strike two year old mare from Nevada).

We need donations for Tibet’s transportation from Wyoming to the San Francisco Bay Area and for Blondie from Litchfield to the Bay Area too.

Thank you for taking action to help save these 2-Strike yearlings and help find adopters for the other at-risk young mustangs.

You may donate via PayPal to Contact@ProtectMustangs.org  We are very grateful for your help to save these young wild horses.

Blondie (#3498) is a 2-Strike wild horse yearling from California’s High Rock HMA.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: Answers to your question and strike status of internet
animals
From: “Collins, Deborah A” <dacollin@blm.gov>
Date: Thu, October 25, 2012 10:02 am
To: Anne protectmustangs

Hi Anne.  Sorry for not getting back to you yesterday.  Meetings and report deadlines held me up.  Please see the strike status of the horses in question below my responses to your adoption/sale questions . . .

From: @protectmustangs.org [mailto:__@protectmustangs.org]

Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:31 AM

To: Collins, Deborah A

Subject: Number of strikes

Dear Debbie,

May I please have the strike status (number of & date accrued) to include the last internet adoption for the following wild horses:

From Litchfield, California:

The California 11 wild horse yearlings who were passed over in the last internet adoption

#2484 Sorrel Gelding:     No Bid on the  internet adoption. 1 strike. Now going to IN adoption to potential adopter. (Sweet Baby Red)

#2534 Appaloosa Gelding:   No Bid on the  internet adoption. 1 strike. Now going to IN adoption to potential adopter. (Happy)

#2868 Bay Filly:   No Bid on the  internet adoption. 1 strike. Now going to IN adoption to potential adopter.

#3361 Brown Filly:   No Bid on the  internet adoption. 1 strike. Now going to IN adoption to potential adopter. (Lily)

#3416 Brown Gelding:   No Bid on the  internet adoption. 1 strike. Now going to IN adoption to potential adopter. (Wise Soul)

Still in California as of this date:

#2600 Brown Gelding:   1 Strike as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption. (Stuart)

#3278 Sorrel Filly:   1 Strike as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption has an adopter (Sky Dancer)

#3298 Brown Gelding:   1 Strike as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption has an adopter (Rubin)

#3306 Brown Filly:   1 Strike as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption. (Brownie)

#3498 Sorrel Filly:  No Bid on the internet adoption. Now has 2 strikes.

From Rock Springs, Wyoming:

#9783:  No Bid on the  internet adoption. 2 strikes. Now going to Mantle’s for potential adopter. 

#9380:  1 Strike as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption. (We are going to verify with BLM as we were told Merlot had 2 strikes now. He can leave the facility in January as he was not able to get out yet with an adopter. Please adopt Merlot)

#6144:  No Bid on the  internet adoption. 1 strike. We were told earlier Sophie had 2 strikes. Now going to Mantle’s for potential adopter.

From Palomino Valley Center, Nevada:

#4371:  2 Strikes as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption. (Desiree)

#6457:  1 Strike as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption. (Ellie)

#6140:  1 Strike as of conclusion of Sept 26 internet adoption. (Honey)

 

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Protect Mustangs is a Bay Area-based preservation group whose mission is to educate the public about the American wild horse, protect and research wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.