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Currently, Velma Bronn Johnston is 112 years, 1 months and 19 days old. Velma Bronn Johnston will celebrate 113rd birthday on a Wednesday 5th of March 2025. Below we countdown to Velma Bronn Johnston upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Velma Bronn Johnston |
Occupation | Activist |
Age | 108 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
Born | March 5, 1912 (Nevada) |
Birthday | March 5 |
Town/City | Nevada |
Nationality | Nevada |
Velma Bronn Johnston’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Velma Bronn Johnston was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Better known as "Wild Horse Annie," she is remembered for her animal rights activism on behalf of burros and wild mustangs.
She devoted herself to the cause of wild horse preservation after driving behind a truck carrying horses to slaughter and witnessing the terrible transportation conditions faced by the animals.
She was instrumental in securing the passage of both the Public Law 86-234 (which put an end to the killing and capturing of wild horses on state-owned property) and the more all-encompassing Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which was signed by President Richard Nixon. She was profiled in a 1959 issue of Time magazine.
The child of Gertrude Clay and Joseph Bronn, she spent her youth on a ranch in Washoe County, Nevada. After their marriage, she and Charles Johnston continued to live and work on her family's ranch.
She appeared alongside Lloyd Bridges in the 1973 Western movie Running Wild.