Ground Floor
The fight to gain federal protections, the 1971 Wild Horses and Burros Act
Image used by permission from the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections, Gus Bundy. Wild horses being loaded to go onto truck. (Mustanging, capture and sale for pet food and fertilizer.)
It all started when…
“One day in 1950, Velma looked ahead at a truck they followed through the hills. When they grew close, Velma gasped. Blood ran from truck and dripped on the road. Wild horses had been gathered violently and crammed in the bed. Mares and studs had trampled a yearling under their hooves. The truck turned, and headed out of town toward a cannery, where wild horses were bought for a few cents a pound and killed for pet food.” ~ Alan J Kania, Wild Horse Annie, Velma Johnston and Her Fight to Save the Mustang, University of Nevada Press
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1959 Wild Horse Annie Act
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