Wild Mustang Horses on Angus Hills Ranch
This summer I attended the documentary Wild Horses & Renegades with my ten year old daughter Gaby at the Lensic Theater in downtown Santa Fe. I chose to take her to this documentary because I had heard of the plight of the wild horses on BLM land and the fact that my little girl has an affection for horses. What was not expected was to be exposed to the pure brutality and disturbing practices used by the Us Department of the Interiors’ Bureau of Land Management. Director James Anaquad Kleinert incorporates stunning footage of wild horses along with stomach turning images of horrific BLM roundups. The film further explains the massive amounts of taxpayer dollars estimated to board over 40,000 wild horses in “holding facilities” across the US. This documentary film will be shown this Saturday the 22nd at the Santa Fe FIlm Festival (CCA) at 3pm
A dedicated local Santa Fe woman with boundless energy has taken the Mustang Horse rescue mission to a whole new level that has, to say the least, become her life. Her name is Jackie Flemming and her project, Cimarron Sky-Dog Wild Horse Sanctuary is a non-profit that works to preserve as many of these majestic animals for years to come. Her horses (see images) are currently on the Angus Hills Ranch in Watrous, New Mexico where she leases for them to run, play, graze and frolic. I can tell you by personal experience that each one of these magnificent creatures each has it’s own unique personality from the extremely shy to the absolute mischievous. These animals represent the history of our country and should not be relegated to live their lives in small holding-pins or to be sold and slaughtered for meat. The Wild Mustang Horses need the very animal that is killing them to save them, we has humans have an obligation to make this right and to send those in authority a message that this is not acceptable and must stop.
