02 February 2012
Dear Friends of Cloud and his herd, and all our wild horses;
Cloud Foundation board members, Ann Evans (Denver) and Anni Williams (S. CA) and I traveled north for a quick, two-day trip to the Pryor Mountains. Despite less snow so far this winter, this is still the toughest season to spot horses. The most valuable pieces of equipment we carried with us were our spotting scopes. The most valuable trait in using them is patience.
20 January 2012
Investigation of BLM Roundup Contractor Requested
Allegations filed with Interior Office of the Inspector General
WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2012) – The Cloud Foundation (TCF) of Colorado Springs, CO has requested an investigation into the contracting process which led to Sun J Livestock of Vernal, Utah, receiving millions of dollars in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contracts to round up wild horses and burros in the West since the Fall of 2010. The request for an investigation was filed yesterday with the Interior Office of the Inspector General.
“Specifically, did Sun J have the requisite experience to obtain these BLM contracts?” asks Ginger Kathrens, Volunteer Executive Director of Colorado-based TCF. “Did the Sun J helicopter pilot, Josh Hellyer, have 1,500 hours of comparable experience conducting the humane round up of wild horses and burros? And was BLM aware of any experience short-comings prior to the issuance of contracts to Sun J?“
22 December 2011
From Ginger Kathrens on the subject:
Great news! The Cloud Foundation, and others have succeeded in preventing the zeroing out of the Jakes Wash Herd of wild horses in the Pancake Complex of eastrn Nevada. BLM has also agreed to take gelding off the table! 200 stallions were to be captured, castrated and turned back onto the range. Read all about it here. I hope this signals a turnaround for the mustangs in 2012. Keep the faith, Happy Holidays and Happy Trails!
- Ginger
Cross-posted from AWHPC
For Immediate Release
BLM Postpones Radical Wild Horse Elimination and Castration Plan in Response to Federal Lawsuit
Environmental and Conservation Groups Fight to Stop Latest Government Plan to Destroy Wild Horse Herds
Washington, DC (December 21, 2011) ... Today, in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental and wild horse advocacy groups, the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has agreed to postpone its plans to "zero out" (eliminate all wild horses from) the Jakes Wash Herd Management Area (HMA) in Nevada and to replace 200 wild, free-roaming stallions with castrated males and return them to the range. These “scientifically unsound, controversial, untested, and radical approaches” are part of the BLM’s proposed Pancake Complex roundup, which is set to begin on January 12, 2011.
10 January 2011
Read all our press releases online, please share with your media.Dec. 16: BLM Sets Sights on Another Massive Removal in Cloud's Herd
Dec. 14: Coalition Files Lawsuit on Eve of 40th Anniversary
Dec. 13: Wild Burros Hotshotted at Calico Roundup
Dec. 2: Foundation Condemns Horse Slaughter
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.
