Many owners recognize their responsibility and provide care for their animals, but some horses slip between the cracks and wind up without the care they need. We are working to help these horses by bringing them to safety and providing for their care.

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"I am but one person, but through each action I take, the choices I make can make a difference."
- Katia Louise

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Board of Directors

Katia Louise if the founder and executive director of Wild for Life Foundation and its lidesaving equine welfare program, Lifetime Equine Refuge. She is a lifelong horsewoman and has been active in the field of equine rescue for many years. Katia is also the West Coast Regional Coordinator for Americans Against Horse Slaughter. Katia is highly regarded spokesperson and champion for the health and welfare of both wild and domesKatia Louisetic equines and she is one of the nation’s leading speakers on the topic of equine welfare for both wild and domestics. As director of WFLF she formed one of the Nation's top equine coalitions comprised of the most renowned anti-slaughter equine experts and pro-horse specialists.


Laura Allen is an animal law attorney. Ms. Allen has lobbied for the passage of legislation to banLaura Allen horse slaughter in the United States and has drafted state resolutions to support that effort.She provides animal legal news and resources on behalf of the fight against animal cruelty. Laura Allen is also Co-Founder of the Wild Capture Awareness Campaign under WFLF. She is a board member of Wild for Life Foundation, and also the founder and director of Animal Law Coalition.


Julie Caramante is a certified cruelty investigator, and she has saved literally thousands of horses from abuse, neglect and disaster. Her investigative research has led to the exposure of endemic problems within the horse industry and made Julie's name familiar to equine advocates all over the world. Caramante also serves as a board member of the Greater Houston Horse Council and is also on the board of an animal cruelty investigations organizatio

 

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Above photo: Michael Blake and his horse Thomas

 

Lisa Jacobson, DVM: Lisa Jacobson, DVMowner of Big Sky Equine Veterinary Services & President of Montana Horse Sanctuary. Having been actively involved in the equine world for the last 40 years, Dr. Jacobson’s life has always revolved around horses. Her passion for horses was evident as a very young child, and she never outgrew that love for the horse. As a young girl, she started with riding lessons, then on to training, then teaching, then healing by becoming an equine veterinarian and most recently completing the training to become a veterinarian chiropractor.


Nancy Stanley works to support the rescue and of equines in transition to Equine Assisted Activities programs. She is a true Animal Therapy pioneer and was the Founder, National Media and Public Relations Director of Tender Loving Zoo, a nonprofit organization that introduced “Animal Therapy” to severely handicapped children and to convalescent hospitals for the elderly.Nancy is also a board member for WFLF. She authored and published “Pillow With a Heartbeat”, a book with the mission to bring children of all nations together, particularly children who are battling life-threatening diseases.

Honorary Board Member

Michael BlakeMichael Blake is a lifelong friend to horses and has been supporting the Cause to ban horse slaughter and end BML round ups for many years. Michael is an award winning author and screenwriter, best known for his work, DANCES WITH WOLVES, which became a 7- Academy Award winning movie. Blake also took home The Golden Globe, The Silver Spur and The WGA Award for his work on DANCES WITH WOLVES. One of Blake’s more recent books, is his Memoir called TWELVE THE KING, brings to light the reality of Horse Slaughter and the spirit of one wild horse stallion who survived it.

 

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