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Powerful Oilman, T. Boone Pickens Applauded For Joining Crusade to Save Horses From Slaughter
Glenville, PA
Saturday, July 29, 2006
“I was thrilled and deeply touched that someone as powerful as T. Boone Pickens feels so strongly about our cause.
The mom and pop horse rescue groups received a big shot in the arm this week when Texas oilman and rancher T. Boone Pickens lent his muscle to the battle to convince Congress to enact the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.
Pickens, who owns a ranch in West Texas, entered the national spotlight after Hurricane Katrina by airlifting 800 abandoned dogs and cats out of New Orleans with 70% ultimately being reunited with their owners.
Pickens, founder of BP Capital and Mesa Petroleum, was emotionally driven to act upon learning that more than 100,000 horses are slaughtered in the U.S. every year to be eaten as a "delicacy" by diners in France, Belgium, and Japan. The oilman was persuaded to enter the fray by his wife, Madeleine, who raises thoroughbred horses.
"I was thrilled and deeply touched that someone as powerful and influential as T. Boone Pickens feels so strongly about our cause," says Jo Deibel, President of the Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. www.saveahorsenow.org. "I, too, share Mr. Pickens' feelings of horror about the horrible treatment given thoroughbreds auctioned off to kill buyers and processed as horseflesh to be eaten"
Angel Acres's prime mission is to encourage the adoption by responsible owners of these beautiful horses whose only shortcoming is that they can no longer race at full speed. Deibel feeds, shelters and provides veterinary care for rescued horses until they are adopted.
Because of this shocking treatment of American race horses, Deibel quit her job in Maryland to move to Pennsylvania where she founded Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue. Most horse rescue havens in the U.S. are operated by concerned individuals like Deibel who depend upon public support to continue.
Persons may go to www.saveahorsenow.org to learn how to adopt a horse or how to sponsor a horse by paying for its upkeep until it can be adopted.
Angel Acres Horse Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit rescue dedicated to saving horses bound for slaughter for human consumption. Angel Acres also assists in cases of neglect and abuse. Thoroughbreds are rescued from kill pens and adopted into loving forever homes.
Pickens, who owns a ranch in West Texas, entered the national spotlight after Hurricane Katrina by airlifting 800 abandoned dogs and cats out of New Orleans with 70% ultimately being reunited with their owners.
Pickens, founder of BP Capital and Mesa Petroleum, was emotionally driven to act upon learning that more than 100,000 horses are slaughtered in the U.S. every year to be eaten as a "delicacy" by diners in France, Belgium, and Japan. The oilman was persuaded to enter the fray by his wife, Madeleine, who raises thoroughbred horses.
"I was thrilled and deeply touched that someone as powerful and influential as T. Boone Pickens feels so strongly about our cause," says Jo Deibel, President of the Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. www.saveahorsenow.org. "I, too, share Mr. Pickens' feelings of horror about the horrible treatment given thoroughbreds auctioned off to kill buyers and processed as horseflesh to be eaten"
Angel Acres's prime mission is to encourage the adoption by responsible owners of these beautiful horses whose only shortcoming is that they can no longer race at full speed. Deibel feeds, shelters and provides veterinary care for rescued horses until they are adopted.
Because of this shocking treatment of American race horses, Deibel quit her job in Maryland to move to Pennsylvania where she founded Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue. Most horse rescue havens in the U.S. are operated by concerned individuals like Deibel who depend upon public support to continue.
Persons may go to www.saveahorsenow.org to learn how to adopt a horse or how to sponsor a horse by paying for its upkeep until it can be adopted.
Angel Acres Horse Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit rescue dedicated to saving horses bound for slaughter for human consumption. Angel Acres also assists in cases of neglect and abuse. Thoroughbreds are rescued from kill pens and adopted into loving forever homes.
Scott Lorenz
President
Westwind Communications
Plymouth, MI
734-667-2090
734-455-7090
First Url: Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc
