"Wild Horse Annie" Legislation
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The following important laws were the result of Velma Johnston's efforts which were supported
by tens of millions of Americans.
- 1952 - Ban on using aircraft to capture wild horses in Storey County, NV.
- 1955- Ban on using aircraft from capturing wild horses on all Nevada private lands.
- 1959 - PL 86-234, the first federal law which prohibited the use of motorized vehicles in the
capture of wild horses and prohibited the pollution of water holes for the purposes of
trapping horses (the Wild Horse Annie Law)
- 1971 - Congress passed the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act without one
dissenting vote.
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