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T. Boone Pickens' Wife Proposes Horse Refuge

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The wife of the Texas oil tycoon T. Horses that are too old or not adoptable by the public are sent to long-term holding facilities. Tags: horse Bureau of Land Management animal rescue. Here's hoping it works out. About 33,000 wild horses and burros roam the open range in 10 Western states.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. There is evidence that a unique Canadian prairie population of lesser sandhill cranes is being selectively wiped out, since they migrate over the most heavily hunted areas of Texas.

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