Wild Horse Wild Kids Program

Welcome to Buffalo Buds Equine Ministry (BBEM) home page! Our Wild Horse, Wild Kids Program has been in effect for about 1 year now. It is a huge success. If you would like more information, please feel free to E-Mail us. We are located in Escondido, California. Thanks again for stopping by!

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Wild Horse Annie

In 1950 Velma Johnston was driving behind a stock truck and noticed blood dripping out of the back. She followed the truck to a shipping yard where captured mustangs where gathered for later transport to a petfood factory. Through investigation she learned that wild horses where being legally harvested by commercial mustangers, licensed by the Bureau of Land Management, a federal agency charged with the oversight and protection of range lands. Mustangs were hunted using trucks, airplanes (equipped with sirens), and shotguns, killed outright or shipped for slaughter. Angered by what she saw, Velma began a one woman crusade to save the wild horses.

Congress Acts

Velma B. Johnston crowned Wild Horse Annie by a critic, adopted this name with relish and used it to promote the cause of wild horses. Through her creative use of the media, school children write-in campaigns to Congressmen, and Federal lobbying, The Wild Horse Annie Bill was passed by Congress in 1959, outlawing the use of airplanes to hunt down wild horses on federal lands.

All during the 1960's she continued to lobby for the further protection of wild horses on all western lands. With the help of people such as Hope Ryden, more write-in campaigns, and articles in national magazines, a bill, The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, was passed and signed into law by President Nixon in 1971. That law stated: Congress finds and declares that wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West; that they contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American People... It is the policy of Congress that the wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death; and to accomplish this they are to be considered, in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public land.

Pictures of Our Wild Horses and Wild Kids!

Learn how to lay your horse down! PART 1
Learn how to lay your horse down! PART 2
Cali at 8mo. old
Cali with Indian Spots
Tang the dog, riding Jessica
Jessica at 21 mo. old

A Couple Good Reasons To Adopt A Wild Mustang!

Mustangs are extremely fast learners. ( If you teach them something once, they know it.)
They have feet of steel. ( Really good for trail, pavement, arena, ect... they just won't chip.)

Links Laws and regulations on Mustangs
BLM Homepage
Reading a freezebrand

NOTICE
We are not sponsored by the BLM, the Nevada Dept. of Agriculture, any other company or organization that is or may be sponsored by the BLM or NV Dept. of Ag. The views expressed are our own opinions in support of the adoption programs. We continue to have exciting success with our wild adopted horses and those we help to train. We hope that you too will feel the excitement that we have come to know in working with wild horses.
Thank you,

Buffalo Bud's Equine Ministry

Email: mustangcali@hotmail.com