She’s riding to the rescue
Madeleine Pickens, wife of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, said she would create a refuge for wild horses after the Bureau of Land Management said it might have to kill some to control the herds and protect the range.
About 33,000 wild horses and burros roam the open range in 10 Western states, half of those in Nevada. The BLM wants the population to be about 27,000, to protect the herd, the range and other foraging animals.
Horses that are too old or unadoptable are sent to long-term holding facilities.
Madeleine Pickens said in Dallas that she would sterilize the horses. BLM spokesman Tom Gorey said the agency welcomed the offer.
-- times wire reports
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