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FAST ACTION - Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Testify for the TRNP Horses!
Exciting news! Two legislative proposals aimed at protecting and preserving the Teddy Roosevelt National Park horses have been scheduled for public hearings and Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates (CHWHA) has sent out a call to rally support.
Resolution testimony (comments) Due Feb. 6, and Senate Bill 2331 testimony (comments) due Feb 7, 2025.
Would you like to help get them passed? Click the button below to LEARN MORE!
Born to Be Wild 2024 - Join Our Online Silent Auction!
We know not everyone can make it to Colorado Springs for this year's Born to Be Wild Gala… So, we’ve moved our Silent Auction online and opened bidding on some of our most exclusive items to everyone! Get ready to bid on and more—all from the comfort of your home.
Live Feeds: This Saturday, tune in for live updates throughout the event (4:30-9:30 pm MST) so you can be part of the action, no matter where you are!
Stay tuned for more details and start bidding today — https://www.32auctions.com/1_BTBW24
Oct. 15 Webinar: The History and Future of America’s Public Land
Oct. 15, 2024 Webinar: The History and Future of America's Public Land — The Cloud Foundation
Many Americans use public lands for recreation and business but don’t understand how those lands came to be in the public domain.
Join Walt Dabney, former National Park Service Superintendent and Texas State Park Director, to learn more!
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X5b5-KyETDCPsgknE0VbyQ
Speak Up for the Bullfrog (NV) HMA Burros
Click the DARK BLUE BUTTON below to speak up for the nearly 1000 burros in the Bullfrog HMA. We have included talking points to get you started. Please feel free to delete or add comments to personalize your remarks. Read TCF’s alert for these burros here: Speak Up for Nearly 1000 Bullfrog Burros — The Cloud Foundation.
Take Action for the Devils Garden Wild Horses
On October 10th, from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. PST, the Modoc and Inyo National Forests will conduct a virtual public hearing regarding using helicopters and other mechanized equipment during wild horse roundup operations. The hearing will be held using Zoom video conferencing technology.
The virtual meeting will provide updates on planning for the roundups and the use of helicopters and other mechanized equipment during roundup operations. During the meeting, public comments will be accepted regarding using mechanized equipment to capture horses.
Join at https://usfs.zoomgov.com/j/1612948049?pwd=1pDFtAvmyN3vQob3et1gMzR78iCV5n.1
Meeting ID: 161 294 8049 and passcode DDW#2024
To participate by phone, find your local number: https://usfs.zoomgov.com/u/acsyqW1aTk
Comments will be accepted during the meeting using the “raise hand” icon or in writing to sm.fs.modoc_info@usda.gov or sm.fs.InyoWH_B@usda.gov.
CALL TO ACTION
1. Call the Modoc National Forest at (530) 233-5811. Be polite and respectful and let them know that you strongly oppose their plan to allow federally protected wild horses to be sold for slaughter. Request that the Forest Service implement a humane management plan for the Devil’s Garden horses that protects them from the cruelty of the slaughter pipeline.
2. Submit comments directly to the Modoc US Forest Service on the use of helicopters on the DGWHT horses:
.https://www.fs.usda.gov/cont.../modoc/about-forest/contactus
3. Send an email, write, or fax to Modoc National Forest Supervisor Amanda McAdams at
Modoc National Forest
225 West 8th Street
Alturas, California 96101
Office Hours: M-F, 8 - 5:00
FAX: (530) 233-8709
Email: Modoc National Forest Service
sm.fs.modoc_info@usda.gov
You may also visit their comments page:
Visit Born to Be Wild 2024! — The Cloud Foundation to get your tickets for this year’s event!
Little Book Cliffs Roundup: Wild Mare Breaks Her Leg as She and Foal Flee From Helicopter
The Cloud Foundation (TCF) executive director Kerry Ferguson recently attended the first half of the helicopter roundup in the Little Book Cliffs (LBC) Herd Management Area (HMA) in Colorado. (Read the Full Story with Kerry's roundup summary HERE.)
TCF friend, supporter and wild horse advocate, Nalinka - Marion Fernandez, also attended the roundup. On the last day, she captured devastating video footage of the helicopter chasing a frightened mare and foal ... causing the mare to run into a ditch and break her leg.
While this tragic event was captured on video -- these horrific events ending in injury and/or death occur at every roundup. The government hides these occurrences from the public by refusing to put cameras on helicopters, at traps, and in holding pens which is why TCF is suing the Bureau of Land Management to get cameras at all roundups.
WARNING: Viewer discretion advised. Footage contains graphic/disturbing content. Copyright © Nalinka - Marion Fernandez -
This video is exactly why we fight so hard for America's wild horses and burros and reminds us of the importance of winning our lawsuit.
We cannot do this alone.
Please support TCF's lawsuit to hold BLM accountable and in addition to in-person observation force them to put cameras on helicopters, at trap sites, and in holding pens -- making all footage available UNEDITED to the public. Lawsuits are expensive and we need your support to see this through.
Thank you for all you do.
~The Cloud Team
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Little Book Clips Roundup Summary
Kerry Ferguson, TCF Executive Director
The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) goal was to round up 130 horses and return 30 after administering the PZP birth control. Though we support using safe and reversible fertility control, we of course do not support the removal of all these wild horses from their homes and families on the range.
DAYS 1 - 3: The roundup began on September 11. For the first three days, observers were taken up to the Low Gap area of the range to observe operations taking place over on the Monument Rocks area of the range -- about 2 miles away, across a canyon (see photo below). Even with a powerful zoom lens, the helicopter appeared tiny, and only a cloud of dust told us that horses had been driven into the all-but-invisible trap. Meaningful observation... No.
NOTE: The Monument Rocks area is considered remote and difficult to get to. For our safety, we were placed about 2 miles away in the Low Gap Area of the HMA on an outcrop of boulders on the edge of a steep drop off where we would "watch" the operations taking place across the valley... 😐
Continued on the TCF Website!
Wyoming's White Mountain Horses
Are on the Roundup Calendar
In 2022, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted a population survey of the White Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) and found 549 horses. Using the agency's unscientific population growth model, the BLM estimates there are now 791 horses in an area encompassing 393,000 acres. The Artificial Management Level (AML) for White Mountain is set at 205-300 horses and the agency wants to remove 586 horses to bring the population down to just 205. Meanwhile, the agency permits the equivalent of 1,500 year-round cows in the same area!
If this infuriates you as much as it infuriates us -- Please Take Quick Action Below.
The Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office initiated a 30-day public review of a Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) for a proposed wild horse roundup in the White Mountain Herd Management Area. You may comment on this document by either submitting your personal comments directly to BLM (due by 4:30 p.m. on March 22) and/or signing on to our petition (due 12:00 p.m. March 22).
Thank you for your caring and support!
~ The Cloud Team ~
FIND JOY, PEACE, CONNECTION
Calling all Horse-lovers & Equestrians!
Join Kristen Kolenda Yoga for a gentle online Yoga for Horse Lovers class suitable for all skill levels and supporting The Cloud Foundation.
All donations will go to The Cloud Foundation to protect and preserve America's Wild Horses and Burros on our public lands.
Show your support with the suggested class donation of $20 or Pay-What-You-Wish.
This class is appropriate for all levels of students — from beginners to experienced yoga practitioners.
A recording of the class will be available for SEVEN days for those who cannot attend the class Live - or those who love the class so much they'd like to repeat it!
Please make sure Zoom is up to date on your device to participate.
Questions about the class or signing up? Email Kristen @ Kristenkoyoga@gmail.com
”Yoga is invigoration in relaxation. Freedom in routine. Confidence through self-control. Energy within and energy without.”
SOUTHERN WYOMING WILD HORSES UNDER ATTACK:
BLM Plans to Eliminate 2 Herds & Sterilize Another
Wyoming’s wild horses need our help!
Please take a moment to join The Cloud Foundation in opposing BLM’s ill-conceived plan to eradicate these herds by signing our petition and/or submitting your personal comments. Then, please share and ask friends and family to do the same.
Thank you for ALL that you do -- because together we will make a difference!
-- The Cloud Foundation Team
COLORADO GIVES DAY
DEC 5, 2023
IMAGINE the GOOD we can do TOGETHER!
It only takes a LITTLE to make a BIG impact. All online donations made between Nov.1 and Dec. 5 get an extra boost to CO GIves nonprofits with a $1M+ Incentive Fund and additional prizes! Also! When you set up a NEW monthly recurring donation on Coloradogives.org, the Colorado Gives Foundation will match the SECOND donation up to $100 and up to $250,000 across all organizations!
Small monthly donations can have a large impact. Your monthly recurring donations provide a sustainable source of funding for TCF supporting our mission, projects and programs. Give monthly and help the mission to protect and preserve America’s wild horses and burros thrive.
SAVE CUMBERLAND ISLAND’S WILD HORSES
Two Cumberland stallions in good body condition graze near the Dungeness Ruins.
Trigger’s Final Surprise
Click below to learn more about the NEWEST member of our rescued band of wild horses - the Freedom Family - including her new name!
THEY WERE BORN TO BE WILD
JOIN US IN OCTOBER FOR A NIGHT YOU WON’T FORGET!
Registration for our annual BORN TO BE WILD fundraising event is OPEN! Come join the fun at Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Virginia (known worldwide as the birthplace of the famed Secretariat) this October 22nd. Mingle with celebrities like Longmire’s Adam Bartley, country music stars Templeton Thompson and Tony Jackson!!
You’ll also have the chance to meet the famous Cloud’s daughter, Rain, and stunning dun Pryor mustang Biloxi (Washakie + Baja). We’ll have a fabulous dinner and silent auction and end with a keynote address by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens. Don’t miss out!
Horses Are Not An Invasive Species
By Dr. Ross MacPhee.
Ross MacPhee is a senior curator in residence at the American Museum of Natural History. His research interests include the evolution and extinction of megafauna worldwide. His most recent book is End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals (Norton, 2018).
In a recent column, Rod Miller asserted that wild horses are an invasive species in this country and should be treated as such, that is, eliminated. Miller’s assessment of the biological status of horses, which is identical to and as outmoded as that of the Bureau of Land Management, is simply incorrect, as it is based on a disturbingly shallow appreciation of the relevant scientific facts.
Urgent! Rescue Effort Underway
We were recently asked to step in and help 3 wild horses in a midwestern kill pen -- so of course we acted quickly to save their lives.
We URGENTLY need your help to make them secure in their new forever home at Wild Love Preserve.
Can you help us make them safe? They desperately need to be back in a "wild" situation as soon as possible and they need enormous support once they get there.
If you can make a donation of ANY amount today, we're asking you to do so. Everything helps!
Thank you, so much, for helping us bring these innocent animals to a new home where they can be their true, WILD selves - at Wild Love Preserve.
THEY WERE BORN TO BE WILD
JOIN US IN OCTOBER FOR A NIGHT YOU WON’T FORGET!
Registration for our annual BORN TO BE WILD fundraising event is OPEN! Come join the fun at Meadow Event Park (known worldwide as the birthplace of the famed Secretariat) this October 22nd. Mingle with celebrities like Longmire’s Adam Bartley, country music’s Templeton Thompson, and a surprise country music star performer!
You’ll also have the chance to meet the famous Cloud’s daughter, Rain, and stunning dun Pryor mustang Biloxi (Washakie + Baja). We’ll have a fabulous dinner and silent auction and end with a keynote address by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens. Don’t miss out!
Old approach to wild horses lingers in the new West
The Bureau of Land Management in May published an amendment to the plan that guides decisions in the agency’s Rawlins and Rock Springs offices. In the document, the bureau’s staff revealed the new target population for the federally protected mustang herds in the Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek: “Zero wild horses.”
BLM Targets One of Last Two Herds In New Mexico
Please add your name to the list of Americans who stand in opposition to this inhumane management plan for New Mexico’s Bordo Atravesado wild horses! It takes less than a minute to add your voice to ours in saying “NO.”
CBS Denver Reports on Piceance, Colorado Roundup [Interview with Ginger Kathrens]
CBS Denver Reporter Kati Weis continues to do an excellent job digging into the BLM’s wild horses and burro program management and WHY our wild mustangs and burros are disappearing from the American scene. Click below to watch her latest on the Piceance roundup and her talk with TCF’s founder, Ginger Kathrens.
Roundup Report - Piceance East Douglas Colorado [Part 1]
Monday Motivation
We all need a break from the trauma and tragedy to remind us WHY we fight to keep our wild horses wild. For Ginger, who has seen the horror for nearly 30 years now, her retreat is the Pryor Mountains of Montana and the wild horses who live there.
Recently photographer Greig Huggins took a trip to the top of the mountain. If you need a moment of peace and beauty today - he’s got it for you. Click below to see his journey in his amazing pictures!
WILD HORSE ADVOCACY GROUPS CALL ON BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO HEED SCIENCE, STOP WILD HORSE ROUNDUP
Sierra Club Ecologist Publishes Independent Assessment of Piceance Herd and Habitat
Photo credit: Scott Wilson, Piceance-East Douglas Wild Horses, July 5th, 2022.
WILD HORSE GROUPS CONDEMN BLM ABUSE OF FOAL IN BUFFALO HILLS ROUNDUP,
CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT
PHOTO/VIDEO CREDIT: WILD HORSE EDUCATION - CLICK PHOTO TO OPEN LINK TO FULL VIDEO
OPPOSE BLM'S DISASTER PLAN FOR UTAH'S BIBLE SPRING COMPLEX WILD HORSES
The BLM's plan leaves behind just 70 wild horses in an area where the agency permits over 8x more commercial livestock grazing. BLM plans to useGonacon, IUDs, sex ratio skewing, and sterilization on horses left on the range.
If You Are SICK and TIRED of BLM's Mismanagement of Wild Horses: PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY.
Silence is Complicity ... it is wholly American to Voice Opposition When the Government is Wrong.
Every alert, like this one, gives us an opportunity to say: We will NOT shut up, we will continue to fight for what is right.
BLM Seeks Public Comment On Little Fish Lake Roundup
Public Comments are one of the ways we can participate in the actions of our government. If we don’t speak up, we have no grounds to take other action later. Please raise your voice on behalf of the wild horses of Little Fish Lake Nevada NOW.
Rescue Rune from a Kentucky Kill Pen
Life saving operation in progress! Click below to help Mustang Mission rescue Rune, a 3 year old filly removed from the Goshute HMA of Nevada. Rune was likely a victim of the BLM’s Adoption Incentive Program — meaning someone was paid $1,000 to “adopt” her, keep her for a year, and dump her at a kill pen. Can you help save her life?
The Magnificent Cloud Would Be 27 Today!
Photo by Ginger Kathrens ©Ginger Kathrens
Today we celebrate the indomitable spirit of Cloud! His courageous heart and wild spirit made millions fall in love with wild mustangs in Ginger Kathrens' first documentary: Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies. This year, perhaps more than EVER, we are very aware of the dangers facing our wild horses and burros.
Massive government roundups tear wild families apart; horses are injured and killed, and holding facilities have become breeding grounds for disease. The Cloud Foundation was created by Ginger to fight for wild families like Cloud's. It's a difficult battle against the behemoth that is the federal government, but we won't EVER give up.
Today, on the magnificent Cloud's birthday, we're asking for your help, if you can. For as little as $5/month you can join our herd as a Cloud Foundation sponsor -- OR -- you can choose to give $10, $25, $50 or more. By giving monthly, you make essential programs possible — lawsuits, lobbying Congress, fieldwork on the range, rescue operations, sanctuary for our Pryor mustang family, and all of the work we do to allow you to participate in government actions…public comments, action alerts, and more.
If you can’t give monthly, please consider a one-time donation. Every contribution absolutely makes a difference!
BLM Report States Lack Of Staff Primary Factor in Wild Horse Deaths
In a welcome act of transparency, BLM released a report by their own Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program team after an investigation of the Canon City holding facility. The report shows significant areas of noncompliance that likely led to the situation in which nearly 150 West Douglas wild horses died of equine influenza. The team found that understaffing was a main issue with the agency not meeting its own standards for the care of these wild horses.
Colorado Governor Calls on BLM to Hold Off on Wild Horse Roundups
Colorado’s Governor Polis and First Gentleman Marlon Reis have taken amazing steps forward for animals in their state and now once again they are stepping up for wild horses. Although we are disappointed that an independent committee has not yet been established to investigate the Canon City deaths, we are encouraged by Governor Polis’s determination to do right by Colorado’s wild horses. TCF continues to demand answers as to HOW the deadly virus was introduced into the Canon City holding facility and WHY the West Douglas horses were not vaccinated upon arrival. Read the full article on Gov. Polis’s remarks below.
Colorado Organization Says Government Shouldn’t be Investigating Itself
CAÑON CITY, CO (May 18, 2022) – The Cloud Foundation (TCF), a national nonprofit dedicated to protecting America’s wild horses and burros, is urging Federal legislators and Colorado State officials to convene an independent investigation into how an illness has now killed almost 150 captured wild horses at BLM’s Canyon City holding facility. The group is calling for a moratorium on wild horse and burro roundups until the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) can ensure the animals’ health and safety off the range.
Understanding Wild Horse/Burro Litigation with Eubanks & Associates
In this webinar, The Cloud Foundation teamed up with our outstanding lawyers Bill Eubanks and Nick Lawton from Eubanks & Associates to offer an overview of how we’ve gotten to where we are in the current WHB issue, and to answer your questions about wild horse/burro litigation. With this discussion, we aim to offer you the tools and information you need to understand the issue at a deep level and increase your effectiveness on behalf of America's wild horses & burros.
Pryor Mustangs Under Attack: Oppose BLM Plan That Would Destroy Pryor Herd As We Know Them
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing official documents that will allow the agency to eliminate more than half of the Pryor herd and skew the natural sex ratio of females to males so there are more stallions than mares on the range. Please take action to stop this now!
Remembering Phoenix, 1992-2022
Wild Horse Litigation: Where Do We Stand & Q&A
Can lawsuits save wild horses and burros? Join us on March 30th at 3pm ET for an open discussion on the state of affairs in wild horse litigation AND a live Q&A with TCF’s own legal team, Eubanks & Associates.
If you can’t attend live, don’t worry. Register and we’ll send you a recording after the event. You can submit your questions on the registration form, just click below!
Livestock Proven Responsible for Range Damage
According to data released by PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) and published in this article by High Country News, livestock are shown to be the main culprit behind western rangeland degradation -- not wild horses/burros.
Please take IMMEDIATE action below to send this message TODAY to Congressional Leadership -- Call on them to follow the science and prevailing public sentiment, NOT cater to big money private industry.
Please, take just a few seconds to speak up for our wild horses NOW.
“Untamed Compassion”
TCF Volunteer Coordinator and founder of Mustang Mission Wild Horse Rescue, Erin Phillips, was featured with her wild mustang Alamo in the Effingham Herald this week! Click below to read this heartwarming story of how a young woman from Georgia is taking on the fight to save wild horses.
Lobbying Effectively for Wild Horses/Burros - Webinar Recording
In this webinar, The Cloud Foundation teamed up with Animal Wellness Action and The Center for a Humane Economy to take your advocacy efforts to the next level, and offer an insight into the lobbying process. With this discussion, we aim to offer you the tools and information you need to speak effectively with your representatives on behalf of America's wild horses & burros.
About The Panelists
Deniz Bolbol (The Cloud Foundation) has spent the past 15 years in wild horse advocacy, documenting roundups, creating humane fertility control programs, and fighting for fair allocation of forage and preservation of natural wild horse behaviors.
Marty Irby (Animal Wellness Action) has been recognized by The Hill as one of the top lobbyists in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He fights fiercely for animal protection legislation, and has been leading the charge for passing the PAST Act.
Scott Beckstead (Center for a Humane Economy) is a professor of animal law, a trainer for law enforcement in how to investigate equine cruelty, and an outspoken advocate for animal protection.
Lobbying Effectively for Wild Horses and Burros
The Cloud Foundation is teaming up with Animal Wellness Action and The Center for a Humane Economy to bring you a webinar you WON'T want to miss.
With this discussion, we aim to offer you the tools and information you need to lobby effectively on behalf of America's wild horses & burros.
Register below to join us for this deep dive into how lobbying works and what messaging is important when speaking with our legislators.
We're going LIVE at 7:30pm Eastern Time on February 22nd, one week from today. Don’t miss out!
*If you can’t make it LIVE (though we hope you can!!) we will send out the webinar recording to all who register.*
Wyoming's North Lander Complex Wild Horses Need Your Help
The government is prepping to implement one of the most misguided plans we've ever seen for the wild horses in the 4 Herd Management Areas which make up the North Lander Complex in Wyoming.
This is a brazen assault on these herds and they need you to speak for them today.
$5 Freedom Family Friday!
When it comes to rescues, everything costs! Land, veterinary care, and the price of hay (as many of you know!!) has skyrocketed! A small donation of just $5 goes a LONG way towards caring for these amazing animals who lost their home through no fault of their own. Please consider supporting them, and us, by donating just $5 - or less, or more - whatever works for your budget!! We appreciate you! And we sure couldn’t do what we do without you!!
To learn more about our Freedom Family members and their story, visit their webpage here: https://www.thecloudfoundation.org/freedom-family (On Instagram this should read, "click the link in our bio")
Ways to Donate:
Paypal: Send a $5 donation to info@thecloudfoundation.org
Secure Online donation: https://secure.everyaction.com/shZHkQjRF0Kj3dfvtkgr-w2
Send a check to: The Cloud Foundation - 107 South 7th Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80905
WILD HORSE WINS: CONGRESSIONAL CHAMPIONS FIGHT FOR WILD HORSES & BURROS
Today we have news about TWO BIG WINS for wild horses and burros!
This week Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) sent a masterful letter to Secretary Haaland and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning, calling on them to STOP the roundups and change the course of the Bureau's failed roundup-and-stockpile system.
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) is also leading a charge to stop the roundups!
A long time ally for our cause, Congresswoman Titus was deeply affected by recent graphic video captured by Wild Horse Education which showed a wild foal being driven in a roundup until its leg literally broke under the stress.
Learn why these developments are significant, what you can do to help, and read the FULL stories below!
Demand A Wild Horse Hearing — Tell Congress to Hold Govt. Accountable for Failed Program
The Cloud Foundation is calling on the House Natural Resources Committee to convene a hearing and rein in the rogue agency that manages our public lands for private interests, annihilating our wild herds.
We know from our legislative contacts that the ONLY way they will convene a hearing is if the Democratic committee members will attend and invest in this issue.
Committee members who serve the livestock lobby's special interests will be there to defend the status quo.
But the Democratic members don't have the same motivation to care. WE need to MAKE them care.
Take action below -- DEMAND they pay attention -- because we, their constituents, CARE DEEPLY.
Join the Betty White Challenge!
Today would have been actress and animal lover Betty White’s 100th birthday, and there’s a very special movement spreading across the internet today to honor this remarkable woman. The challenge is this: donate just $5 today to an animal charity of your choosing. Thanks to an amazing TCF supporter, the first 100 donations today will be matched, so your money and your impact are doubled! Can you help us continue our work by contributing just $5 today?
Roundup Alert: Bureau Announces Roundup for Desatoya Horses, NV.
You can read the full BLM PRESS RELEASE HERE.
BLM's Stillwater Field Office recently announced it will begin a helicopter roundup in the Desatoya Herd Management Area (HMA) of Nevada, starting on or around January 16th, 2022.
Desatoya HMA is 161,700 acres. The BLM's "Appropriate" Management Level (AML) is 127-180 wild horses. Even at high AML, that is one wild horse per 898 acres.
The agency plans to roundup 223 horses, permanently remove 150, and release 43 mares (treated with Gonacon) and 30 stallions back to the range.
We strongly encourage YOU, if you're local to the area, to attend this roundup. As Americans, it's our duty and right to observe our government in action.
After all, these are OUR wild horses.
Bearing witness is heartbreaking, but the public MUST get involved if we hope to stop these tragic government roundups.
Observers need to call the roundup hotline and RSVP no later than 5:00pm the day before you wish to attend -- (775) 885-6101.
You can read the full BLM PRESS RELEASE HERE.
BLM Rawlins WY Announces Humane Management Plan for Stewart Creek HMA
This is BIG news. A humane fertility control program could mean that this herd never suffers through another roundup. Click below to learn more, and to tell the Bureau you support humane fertility control for the horses of Stewart Creek Herd Management Area.
BLM ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR RECORD ROUNDUPS IN 2022
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a press release yesterday detailing the agency's plans to remove at least 19,000 wild horses and burros in 2022.
NOWHERE in the press release do they mention the MILLIONS of privately owned cattle and sheep which dominate grazing in designated wild horse/burro habitat.
In the Field - A Visit to the Spring Creek Basin Wild Horse Herd
Around Thanksgiving Ginger and TCF Board Member Ann Evans did some exploring in TCF’s home state of Colorado.
Their travels first took them to Mesa Verde National Park, A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Afterwards they visited the tiny Spring Creek Basin Wild Horse Herd which is managed humanely with PZP through an amazing collaboration of advocate volunteers and BLM.
We hope you enjoy this peek at the Spring Creek wild horses with Ginger Kathrens!
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WILD HORSE ACT MARKS LARGEST ASSAULT ON AMERICA’S WILD HORSES SINCE THE 1971 ACT WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY CONGRESS
The Cloud Foundation Calls on U.S. Government to Protect Wild Horses and Burros Before It’s Too Late
WASHINGTON DC (December 14, 2021) – The Cloud Foundation, a national organization dedicated to protecting America’s wild horses and burros on public lands, issued the following statement to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (PUBLIC LAW 92-195):
Don’t miss your chance to own Robin Caspari’s masterpiece, “Cloud”
Visit the auction site and bid today!
This month, the Wild, Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act turns 50!! 🎉
To honor this landmark legislation, we're bringing you a variety of ways to both CELEBRATE and HELP America's wild mustangs and burros.
Launching that celebration is a VERY special auction of a VERY special painting by the VERY talented artist, Robin Caspari.
Starting NOW, you have the opportunity to own this one-of-a-kind original painting of the legendary Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies, pictured above.
Thanks to Robin's immense generosity, a PRINT of this magnificent work of art is ALSO up for auction!!
As you know, we are in the midst of a long, desperate battle with government agencies who would destroy our wild herds, and we need your help.
In this special Giving Tuesday video, TCF founder and Emmy award-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens, tells you why.
This year has been one of the WORST for wild horses and burros in the West, but we are fighting back.
Thanks to a very generous donor, your donations today will be matched, up to $500!
Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, The Cloud Foundation, and TMR Rescue Partner to Save 14 Burros from Kill Pen
The Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Action, today announced their collaboration with TMR Rescue, Inc., a donkey rescue and sanctuary in Plantersville, Texas, to save 14 formerly wild burros, all titled by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), from going to slaughter in foreign meat plants. The animals were originally adopted by private individuals through the BLM’s adoption programs — through a program that requires holding the animals for at least a year before title is transferred to them – they were ultimately dumped in a kill pen. The Cloud Foundation also assisted in this rescue by providing funds to assist with initial care and materials needed to ensure the animals are safe and healthy long term.
A Tribute to Trigger
In 2009 TCF rescued all the senior horses of several Pryor mustang bands when they were rounded up and removed from their wild home.
We recently lost our beautiful band stallion Trigger at the age of 24.
Click below for Ginger’s video tribute to this magnificent stallion.
Wear Your Values, Make a Difference for Wild Horses and Burros!
It's never too early to plan for the holidays! 🎁
And it's NEVER a bad time to raise awareness for our wild horses and burros!
This holiday season TCF is bringing you the opportunity to do both!
Shop our new holiday design in a HUGE variety of STYLES and Colors today — Each purchase supports TCF’s work to keep wild horses WILD and FREE!
Busting Livestock Industry Myths About Cattle and Soil Carbon
From our friends at Western Watersheds Project comes this eye-opening op-ed, complete with links to the science, challenging the false narrative on grazing systems and soil carbon presented last week by a New York Times reporter who didn't check the facts in his story.
This is an essential read for every wild horse advocate!
Photo credit: posted with permission, ©Nadja Rider
BLM Allows Livestock Grazing in Sand Wash Basin Just Months After “Emergency” Wild Horse Roundup on Same Public Lands
The Cloud Foundation Calls for a Congressional Investigation on BLM’s Mis-Use of “Emergency” Powers to Avoid NEPA and Public Participation in Controversial Roundups
The BLM says wild horses destroy public lands. BLM data tells a vastly different story.
Download the PDF handout below for all the information you need to intelligently discuss how livestock have displaced wild horses from their own lands and sent them into government captivity by the tens of thousands. This is the very heart of the war on America’s wild horses. It all starts here.
We know so many of you look forward to the release of our calendar and we're happy to announce today that it is HERE!
Once again, Ginger walks us through a year in the life of the Pryor mustangs with dozens of beautiful photos and commentary from inside the herd.
As a nonprofit, The Cloud Foundation depends on donations and sales from our online store, in addition to special fundraising events like our BORN TO BE WILD AUCTION (going on now!) to support our work to protect and preserve America's wild horses and burros in the West.
Your purchase of our calendar will support that work -- and provide you with lovely pictures to inspire you to keep fighting for these amazing animals, all year long. Priced at only $25 (with FREE shipping!) it is an incredible value for the amazing content inside.
Thank you for your support!
BORN TO BE WILD STARTS…NOW!
We've collected over 50 wonderful donations, from photographs and art work to jewelry and collectibles -- guaranteed to satisfy all bidders.
All the funds raised in this event will go directly to TCF's work protecting wild horses and burros on our public lands. Please help us to keep this important work going!
Click the below to view our auction items and start shopping for a GREAT cause!
Webinar Part 2 in TCF’s Effective Advocacy Series: Putting Your Advocacy Media Plan into Action
So many of you attending our first webinar asked for resources to help you skillfully address media questions at roundups as an advocate for America's Wild Horses.
Once again, hosts Vickery Eckhoff and Cynthia Smoot delivered the goods on how to guide reporters to the REAL story behind wild horse roundups: BLM's livestock grazing program.
Listen to the recording below!
Last week the Senate confirmed President Biden's new Director for the Bureau of Land Management: Tracy Stone-Manning. We want to meet with the new Director as soon as possible.
The current WHB program is so clearly broken in every respect, but there IS a way forward based on science, equity, society's preferences and humane management of America's mustangs and burros.
Please -- Let's send a strong, clear message to Director Stone-Manning:
Listen to the will of the American public -- work with The Cloud Foundation to create a FAIR and HUMANE Wild Horse & Burro Program. Tell her so yourself - just click below!
This Weekend We’re Celebrating Calamity Jane’s First Birthday!
For more about our “surprise!” filly, and info on our entire band of rescued horses known as the Freedom Family, click below!
The Cloud Foundation remains committed to fighting to protect and preserve our American wild mustangs and burros and their right to live wild and free on our public lands!
Join us if you can today and celebrate these American icons and the Wild, Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act which was passed to save them from extinction! Order your shirt today! They come in a variety of colors and types - from tees to sweats! All proceeds support TCF’s work in the field and beyond.
Amazon is the leading online retailer of Ejiao (donkey hide gel) in the US. Each year, millions of donkeys - MILLIONS!! - are killed in horrific ways to meet the demand for this cruel product. Please speak up on their behalf today. Join TCF and Brooke USA (an amazing nonprofit working to protect the world’s working equids) and tell Amazon (politely!) to STOP the sale of ejiao today.
Visit Brooke USA for more info on the ejiao trade: https://www.brookeusa.org
As you read this, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is conducting an "emergency" roundup - removing hundreds of wild horses from the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA). They claim there is limited water and forage, but they let hundreds of commercial livestock graze this HMA just months ago. PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW to tell BLM this is NOT acceptable. Americans want wild horse designated lands managed for wild horses 0- not private livestock!
LEARN HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR AMERICA’S WILD HORSES WITH THE MEDIA
Print journalist Vickery Eckhoff and broadcast journalist Cynthia Smoot have 4 decades of experience between them, and they're offering their combined wisdom to you - in service of America's wild mustangs and burros.
Webinar Details below -
Date: Thursday, September 23rd
Time: 7:30pm Eastern Time
Location: Zoom
BLM plans to house 4,000 wild horses on just 100 acres in FACTORY FARM-STYLE FEEDLOTS.
Take Action to oppose this today!
ACTION FOR SINBAD WILD BURROS
America's wild burros face a genetic crisis due to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) mismanagement. Now BLM is reducing the Sinbad Burro Herd to just 50-70 animals - far too low for genetic variability. Please speak up for them now!
ACTION FOR SAND WASH!
BLM has confirmed their intention to roundup 783 wild horses using helicopters and remove them from their home in the Sand Wash Basin HMA of Colorado. We need YOU to take action today and voice your protest directly to the local BLM. Please join us in urging BLM to halt the helicopters and instead, use humane bait trapping and fertility control to manage the Sand Wash Basin wild horses.
From FOX 13 in TAMPA, Fla. - “On a mountain top thousands of miles away from Tampa Bay lives a herd of wild horses known as the Pryor Mountain Mustangs.
It’s one of FOX 13’s Cynthia Smoot’s favorite places, and she recently visited the horses made famous by the popular "Cloud the Stallion" series on PBS Nature.”
Click below to watch her story!
We are sorry to report that amendment 2296 to the Senate Infrastructure Bill was not adopted.
The amendment would have mirrored the House amendment (which passed) and would have banned the transport of equines for slaughter.
The fight is not over. THIS is the time to take action. Just a couple minutes of your day can make a critical difference. Call your Reps (phone #’s here)and take action below!
PRESS RELEASE - US Senate Ignores Horse Slaughter Issue as the Chamber Passes Infrastructure Bill
Our friends and advocates at Animal Wellness Action have been working tirelessly to get transportation for horse slaughter banned for good. Read their full press release below!
TELL YOUR SENATOR TO STOP HORSE SLAUGHTER NOW - Support Amendment 2296!
Sweet Piccolo. Days old and orphaned by the horse slaughter industry. Piccolo was the youngest of the foals whose family was sold and hauled off to a Canadian slaughterhouse.
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) operates with your tax dollars. It provides incentive for people to adopt a wild horse or burro for a year, then dump them at a kill pen or auction. From there, they are likely to be purchased cheap and sent to slaughter.
The Adoption Incentive Program is an unconscionable waste of your hard-earned money. It's un-American and it must end. Click to watch Ginger's video message and then take a moment to send a message to the BLM, your Representatives and Senators that this program must be stopped NOW.
From our friend and local WY advocate, Carol Walker (FB: https://www.facebook.com/LivingImagesbyCarolWalker Instagram: @wild_hoofbeats Web: https://www.livingimagescjw.com ) The Bureau of Land Management has just announced the largest roundup in history of 5 Checkerboard Herds, Salt Wells Creek, Great Divide Basin, Adobe Town, White Mountain, and Little Colorado has been scheduled to start in early October. Carol will be posting more information, so be sure to follow her social media pages! Read more about the roundup HERE.
Salt Lake Tribune reporter Brian Maffly gets closer to the truth in this revealing article!
TCF Founder and Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens talked about Wild Horse Issues with Laurie Fivecoat, host of the Calling all Creatures Podcast! Click to listen!
Wild Horse Photographer and Advocate Carol Walker Talked Bad BLM Policies and Horse Slaughter with Tucker Carlson this week and she was AMAZING!
Carol bravely spoke out on the national news about the Bureau of Land Management's horrendous Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) and other bad BLM programs that are landing our wild horses and burros in foreign slaughterhouses.
You can watch the entire segment when you click below.