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Laura loves horses. They have held a special place in her heart since childhood. The fight for legislation to protect these amazing beings has become integral to her work. Laura has been involved in anti-slaughter issues for more than a decade. The last few years she has focused on wild horses.
Laura has attended more roundups than any other observer including government personnel in the last two years. She founded Wild Horse Education to try to bring information on the hands on care of ild horses and burros to the public in a timely fashion with archive resource.
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BLM Wild Horses, Prison Adoption
NNCC Wild Horse Adoption Event a Success (reprint from Horseback Magazine,) On Saturday May 18 the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City Nevada held an adoption/auction of wild horses trained by inmates. The wild horses trained by inmates were… Read More ›
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NBC coverage, the story
This week NBC news covered the story of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse and burro program. Laura Leigh, founder of WildHorseEducation.org, spent a few days with the producer and opened up her library of more than 500… Read More ›
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Plea for treatment of wild horses in holding JOIN US
Call for Adequate Medical Care and Husbandry of BLM Captive Wild Horses (Reno, NV) Wild Horse Education (WHE), a non-profit organization in the state of Nevada that tracks the condition of wild horses and burros on the range and in… Read More ›
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May, the work ahead
This May WildHorseEducation.org has many challenges to gain protections for our wild horses and burros. Our legal actions are on an intense schedule. Our field work must take place in order to prepare for what is ahead. Our media teams… Read More ›
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Triple B / Jackson Mountain Discovery Begins
This week the legal actions in federal court for Triple B and Jackson Mountain move forward in Discovery. Leigh and her attorney, Gordon Cowan, continue the actions that began in August of 2011 at the Triple B roundup and then… Read More ›