Calico Roundup- Death Toll Rises

28 February 2010

The Calico Roundup is over. 1922 mustangs captured, 610 estimated left. At least 64 horses have died and 35+ foals have been aborted to date. Foals are being born in the pens without windbreaks or shelter. The death toll is expected to rise in the Fallon feedlot-style facility where the Calico mustangs are held. Two foals have died after their hooves began falling off. Read the humane observer's blog here. Nearly 12,000 wild horses and burros are to be rounded up and removed from their homes this year (schedule) at a cost of over $32 million in taxpayer dollars. Click here to take action now -- the hoofbeats of our last wild horses need to be heard in Washington. Be sure to check the Cloud Foundation Blog for frequent updates. Wild horses are outnumbered on our public lands at least 100:1 by privately-owned livestock on our public lands and although federally-protected by the 1971 Wild Horse & Burro Act, are not being treated as such on their designated western public lands, 24+ MILLION acres of which have been taken away since the Act's passage.... continued here. Photo Elyse Gardner

Welcome to the Cloud Foundation!

When Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens recorded a tottering newborn wild foal, she hardly anticipated how he would change her life. She named the pale colt Cloud.

The Cloud Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of wild horses and burros on our western public lands with a focus on Cloud's herd in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana. Cloud was rounded up for the third time in September of 2009 despite an enormous public outcry. Cloud and his band were released two days after they were captured but Cloud's grandchildren and his daughter were removed along with more than 50 others, leaving the herd at only 125 horses. Cloud is now back in the wild & we continue our work to preserve what wild horses value most- their freedom and their families. Click here for a recent update on Cloud and the wild horses of the Pryors, including the four bands we rescued, a whole sub-population removed in the last roundup. Check back often to stay abreast of current events involving Cloud and all of his compatriots. America's wild horses and burros live on public land and are currently being managed to extinction by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Check our action alerts and blog to find out more on what you can do.

The Smoking Gun? Ruby Pipeline & Wild Horses

07 January 2010

The Real Reason Behind BLM’s Push to Remove Wild Horses: Is Ruby Pipeline the Smoking Gun?

The Cloud Foundation is asking the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reveal the truth behind removing healthy wild horses from the Calico Complex of northwestern Nevada. Is it the Ruby Pipeline? Read more here.