Emily Fuller, a Utah Real Estate agent with a focus on
equestrian properties, has decided to give back by donating commissions from
every home sale to the BLM for the care of wild Mustangs.
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| Real Estate Agent Emily Fuller and her Mustang Paco Fino, Stormy |
When Emily Fuller
turned sixteen, it wasn’t a shiny car that kept her attention and it certainly
wasn’t dresses and Seventeen magazine. Emily had a love for Stormy, her Mustang-Paco
Fino horse. From an even earlier age, Emily had a gift with horses, training
the large and wild animals without fear. Now 30, Fuller sees a current and pressing need to help wild Mustangs throughout her home state. The
BLM or, Bureau of Land Management, has the task of rounding up 10,000 horses
this year, increasing the already heavy taxpayer burden to house and store for
the animals long term. Emily’s plan? Help to care for the horses using her Real Estate business.
Each year, the Bureau
of Land management cares for tens of thousands of horses and the cost is heavy.
In 2010, the total budget for the program was sixty five million, thirty seven
of which went to the long term care and feeding of the animals. This year, the
BLM must round up another ten thousand Mustangs in order to prevent starvation
and overpopulation. Each horse costs an estimated four hundred and seventy five
dollars every year until the animal is adopted or deceased. This means an
increase of four million, seven hundred fifty thousand dollars a year for the
new additions plus round up costs of about thirty seven million.
“Horses are
freedom,” describes Fuller. “The feeling you get when riding such a powerful
animal is unexplainable. You know their power, can feel it when you ride them,
but they are the most gentle, loving animal you could know.” With a commitment
to horses, her customers and country, Emily has decided to take five percent of
every Utah home sale for the next six months and donate it to the BLM. Her
commissions will serve to decrease the likelihood that the animals will have to
be disposed of, a possibility with our current budget crisis. As KSL news recently reported, the BLM figured the
west could sustain some 27,000 wild horses but now, the BLM estimates that some
37,000 wild horses are roaming. With roughly 45,000 wild horses already in BLM
holding facilities, space is quickly running out.
“I got into real estate because it is such a crucial time for agents to
work hard at helping people to realize their dream home. With the market coming
back up, I’d like to work for my clients while helping with a cause we both may
be interested in.” Fuller has a focus on equestrian real estate, though she can
help any new homeowner in Utah with their purchase. For the next six months, prospective
home buyers can feel good with Fuller as their agent, knowing a significant
portion of money will go to help decrease the taxpayer burden of caring for the
wild Mustangs. “Both of my horses are part Mustang, their strength and
resilience is something to behold. The BLM is trying to preserve these
beautiful animals and to find homes for those they bring in- I would like to
help with that.”
For information on how you can help with Emily Fuller’s real estate
program for the BLM, email JenniferLynn@WebofAllies.comor visit Emily Fuller’s website at REmily.co.
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