Michael Blake and Ginger Kathrens Speaking at Arizona Horse Expo (16-17)) 1/15/10

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15 January 2010

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Makendra Silverman
Tel: 719-351-8187
Anne Novak
Tel: 415-531-8454

For Immediate Release

Dances with Wolves Author & Cloud Filmmaker Speak on Wild Horses in Tucson

Arizona Horse Expo lands hot topic—stories and reasons to save our living legends in the West.

Tucson, AZ (January 15, 2010)—Oscar-winning writer of Dances with Wolves, Michael Blake, and Emmy-Award winning filmmaker and producer of the PBS Cloud : Wild Stallion of the Rockies programs Ginger Kathrens will speak about mustangs at the Arizona Horse Expo on at 12:30- 1:30pm on both January 16 and 17th in Tucson, Arizona (cost $10 presales, $15 day of). The public and interested media are invited to join these two noted speakers for what is sure to be an entertaining and informative presentation about wild horses in the American West.

"Michael and I both have personal stories, long histories and connections with wild horses. At no time in our collective journeys can we recall this sort of massive public outcry to keep these animals on their western lands” explains Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of the Cloud Foundation. “The clock is ticking. We must stop BLM's fast tracked roundups and urge Congress to investigate the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro program with an eye on the Ruby Pipeline and other public land heists."

“Americans need to stand up strongly to save what's left of our Wild Horses.  We no longer have millions. The removal forever of the animals that played a key role in allowing America to be settled by humanity is not only wrong...it is done with criminality that also needs to be stopped immediately. Essential elements of the current government cares nothing about the people they represent,” states Michael Blake adding that, “the BLM and the Secretary of the Interior should be in court ...defending themselves. Stop them now America.”
Blake’s new book, Twelve, the King tells the story of one-captured wild stallion from Nevada. Kathrens’ new film and companion book, Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions, continues the 14-year documentation of a wild stallion in Montana.
Both Blake and Kathrens are committed to protecting the American wild mustang in the West.
To schedule an interview please contact Makendra at 719-351-8187.
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Links of interest:
AZ Horse Expo information
Ginger Kathrens, The Cloud Foundation
Michael Blake, author site
Ruby Pipeline Information
Pipeline Map:
Western Watersheds Project
American Herds
Freedom’s Escape & Roundup Report: http://humanitythrougheducation.com/
12.28.09 USA Today: “Activists Decry Wild-Horse Roundups”
Mestengo. Mustang. Misfit. 
America’s Disappearing Wild Horses
Frequently Asked Questions on Wild Horses

Stampede to Oblivion: An Investigate Report from Las Vegas Now (http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11285225)

 

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