Madeleine Pickens Proposes Mustang Sanctuary

Madeleine Pickens proposes to develop a 1 million acre sanctuary for 30,000+ wild mustangs being held by the Bureau of Land Management in long-term facilities.

The horses have been threatened with euthanasia, due in no small part to Bush Administration aggressive round-ups. The 31,000 horses held by BLM in June was more than three times the 9,807 held in captivity in 2001; BLM official cite budget pressures.

"Can you imagine somebody suggesting that you euthanize 30,000 horses? It was abominable," said Pickens, who lives in Dallas and has a ranch in the Texas panhandle and a home near San Diego. "That will never happen."

According to the Washington Post, Lifelong animal lovers, Madeleine and her husband, oil businessman T. Boone Pickens, "led the fight to close the last horse slaughterhouse in the United States."

Learn more about the BLM Mustang Adoption Program.