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In 1973, BLM began a pilot project on the Pryor Range known as the Adopt-A-Horse initiative. [44] The program took advantage of provisions in the Act to allow private "qualified" individuals to "adopt" as many horses as they wanted if they could show that they could provide adequate care for the animals. [45]
The agency maintains that the program is essential. There are more than 82,000 horses and burros on public land, BLM officials say, which is far higher than the roughly 26,000 the agency considers ...
Horses at Old Friends Equine Old Friends is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) equine retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky , accredited by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA). The organization started with one leased paddock and two horses, but it now owns 136 acres, Dreamchase Farm , with additional leased pasturage.
Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, involved with horse racing since the 19th century. Once the North Elkhorn Farm, many owners and tenants have occupied the area, even during the American Civil War. Most of the land acquired during Haggin's era has since been sold off to neighboring stud farms, but ...
Stone Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm near Paris, Kentucky. It was founded in 1970 by Arthur B. Hancock III , part of the prominent Hancock family of Claiborne Farm fame. Started as a 100-acre (0.40 km 2 ) tract, Hancock gradually added on until it became a rambling 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2 ) property with over 100 paddocks ...
Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm and burial site in Lexington, Kentucky, currently owned by Eric & Tammy Gustavson. [1] It was founded by Leslie Combs II and named for the great stallion Spendthrift, who was owned by Combs' ancestor, Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm. Spendthrift was the great-grandfather of Man o' War.
On November 17, 2008, at a public meeting held by the BLM to discuss the fate of horses in long-term holding, [88] Madeleine Pickens announced her plans to buy a one million acre (4,000 km 2) tract at an undisclosed location "in the West" and establish a sanctuary for the horses, which she would adopt and maintain at private expense. [89]
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