Karen Sussman: Pioneer for Wild Horse Advocacy

Karen Sussman is the CEO of the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros (ISPMB. The organization was founded by Velma Johnston in the 1950s. We owe the survival of wild horses and burros on the North American plains thanks to Velma whose nickname was Wild Horse Annie. She dedicated her life to ending their inhumane treatment and slaughter. Karen has carried on Wild Horse Annie's legacy. Karen has been an accomplished rider since the age of four. She adopted her first wild horse in 1981. Karen Sussman started ISPMB's first chapter in Arizona in 1985. The Chapter signed an agreement with the BLM to do compliance checks on all adopted animals in the state. The program was the first of its kind. Karen continues to protect the Spanish Gila wild horse herd and observe their behaviors at a 500 acre preserve in South Dakota. https://ispmb.org/