Raised by her Grandmother, Kimberly Meagher grew up in inner city Saginaw, Michigan, a violent neighborhood, far away from horses and any type of ranch environment. However, as a young girl, she had an incredible love for animals. After a career at Intel Corporation and raising two children alone, she decided to pursue her dream of helping animals in need. She founded Wildhorse Ranch Rescue and the organization has helped save many horses from abuse, neglect and death. One of her goals is to "see horse slaughter banned in this country during my lifetime." Kimberly also  is active in the arts and opened up The Mudpony Gallerie at Wildhorse Ranch Rescue in June 2003. Kimberly works diligently to provide high quality art and music to the community while also raising awareness about horses in need.

Kim is part author of the book, Alternatives to Auction & Slaughter. A Guide for Equine Owners - A Better Way, which she helped create while she was the Arizona State Coordinator for the American Horse Defense Fund. She and Trina Bellak, Founder and President of the American Horse Defense Fund went to Capitol Hill for several sessions of congress to lobby for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.

Kim is also the author of a second book. The sales from her 2nd book go to Wildhorse Ranch Rescue to help provide food and vet care for the rescued herd.

In 2007, Kim had the opportunity to be in a movie titled "Jolene." She was the stand in for Jessica Chastain, the lead character in the movie. Additional actors included, Dermot Mulroney, Denise Richards, Francis Fisher and Rupert Friend. "The ironic part about being involved with this movie, is that while we were filming one of the scenes, I spotted a horse trailer backing into the area where we needed to have a car drive away in the shoot. I called to the director to stop the scene so that we could get the trailer full of horses safely out of the way. It seems whatever I do, horses get involved one way or another. "

Most of Kim's time is spent helping horses in need, whether it's writing a book, raising funds, tending to sick horses or earning a few bucks as a stand in for a movie.

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