Do not stop demanding a stop to this- BLM received over 10,000 comments and made no change to their planned decision to remove 2,700 horses from NW Nevada in the dead of winter. Disappointing but not surprising. Demand accountability and lawful action on the part of this public agency.
BLM to move forward with Wintertime Roundup of Calico Horses
December 3, 2009 by thecloudfoundationPublic Lands Grazing Report
December 2, 2009 by thecloudfoundationCost of grazing on public lands
The Cloud Foundation Chicago Events
December 1, 2009 by thecloudfoundationChicago Events
Join Emmy-award winning Filmmaker and Advocate Ginger Kathrens for a series of screenings, presentations and discussions in the Chicago area. Gain insight into the complex and beautiful world of wild horses and the incredible danger they are in and what can be done to save them.
Ginger’s latest documentary “Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions” premiered this fall on PBS Nature series and continues the lifelong documentation of Cloud, a pale wild stallion in Montana. Learn about the making of the film and get a behind the scenes view into the world of wild horses.
Bring friends and family to see and learn more. The Cloud Foundation will be selling books, DVDs, Calendars, the new Breyer model set and more to support our ongoing efforts to save America’s wild horses and burros. A great time to do your holiday shopping and help the horses! Details here. Download the Event Flier here.
EVENTS:
- Thursday evening 12/10 – “Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions” Premiere screening and discussion with the filmmaker. 7:30pm at the Trinity United Methodist Church 1024 Lake Avenue, Wilmette. Street parking. Free
- Friday 12/11 - “Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions” screening and presentation. 6:30-8:30 pm at the University of Illinois Conference Center – 1100 E. Warrenville Road, Naperville. Suggested $10 donation ($5 students)
- Saturday 12/12 – Book and DVD signing and discussion with Ginger Kathrens. 10:00am at The Book Stall, 811 Elm St. Winnetka.
- Saturday afternoon 12/12 - “Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions” screening and presentation. 2:00-4:00pm at the Hoffman Estates, Northern Illinois University Conference Center – 5555 Trillium Blvd, Dekalb. Suggested $10 donation ($5 students)
- Sunday morning 12/13 - A Stable-side Chat with Ginger Kathrens: film clips interwoven with discussion. 10:30am-12:30pm at Danada Equestrian Center – 3 South 501 Naperville Rd, Wheaton. Suggested $10 donation ($5 students)- free for Danada volunteers.
Please contact the Cloud Foundation for more information and download the Event Flier here and spread the word!
Send your comments to the BLM Advisory Board
November 27, 2009 by thecloudfoundationIDA has made it easy but make sure to write your own personal comments: click here
Nevada Mustangs Given 28-Day Reprieve ~ Lawsuit Postpones Huge Wild Horse Roundup
November 25, 2009 by thecloudfoundationNevada Mustangs Given 28-Day ReprieveIDA Lawsuit Postpones Huge Wild Horse Roundup
Washington, DC (November 24, 2009) - The U.S. Department of Justice announced tonight that the massive roundup and removal of thousands of horses from public land in northwestern Nevada will be delayed until December 28 as a direct result of the filing of a lawsuit by In Defense of Animals and renowned ecologist Craig Downer on November 23.
Tomorrow, IDA and Mr. Downer plan to file a motion for a permanent injunction, with supporting affidavits from horse experts and eyewitnesses to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) roundups. The motion will ask Judge Paul L. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop the roundup altogether.
The roundup and removal of 80-90 percent of the estimated 3,055 wild horses living in the BLM’s Calico Mountain Complex was originally scheduled to begin December 1. The BLM has received over 10,000 public comments in opposition to the roundup.
“We welcome this moratorium on the capture and inhumane treatment of the Calico horses,” said William Spriggs, Esq. of Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney, pro bono attorney for IDA and Mr. Downer. “The BLM plan for a massive helicopter roundup of these horses is entirely illegal.”“We are confident that the court will agree that America’s wild horses are protected by law from BLM’s plan to indiscriminately chase and stampede them into corrals for indeterminate warehousing away from their established habitat,” he said. “The magnificent wild horses and burros of the American West are an important part of our national heritage and must be preserved.”
The Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act, passed unanimously by Congress in 1971, designated America’s wild horses and burros as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West,” specifying they “shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death … [and that] to accomplish this they are to be considered in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of public lands.”
Since 1971, the BLM has removed over 270,000 horses from their Western home ranges and taken away nearly 20 million acres of wild horse habitat. Only 37,000 wild horses and burros remain on public lands in the West. By contrast, millions of cattle graze our public lands. Thirty-two thousand wild horses who have been removed from the range are already held in government holding facilities, and the BLM intends to round up 12,000 more horses in FY 2010.###
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Lawsuit Filed Against BLM to Stop Calico Roundup!
November 24, 2009 by thecloudfoundationSuit may block BLM roundup of mustangs in Nevada by Scott Sonner, AP
| RENO, Nev. (AP) — Animal protection advocates are asking a federal judge to block the government’s planned roundup of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month, saying the helicopter-aided gathers are illegal because they “traumatize, injure and kill” some of the animals.
Lawyers for the California-based In Defense of Animals said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. on Monday that the wild horses are an integral part of the natural ecosystem and should remain on rangeland throughout much of the West rather than be herded into long-term holding pens. CONTINUED HERE
SUPPORT THE CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ALL ROUNDUPS- Click here to sign the petition and send your comments to Obama and your Representatives! |
Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board Comments Accepted
November 23, 2009 by thecloudfoundationExaminer.com and writer Carrol Abel on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting– December 7th. Please attend. If you can’t: submit your comments via email or mail (details here). This will also be streamed live online by Horse Power- click here to view (we’ll keep reminders up).
As a side note, info on the Burns Amendment is within this wikipedia article… Click here
New Moratorium Petition Sends Letters to Obama & Your Representatives
November 23, 2009 by thecloudfoundationOne of our supporters just set this up- you don’t need to become a member and based on your location the letter will automatically be sent to your Representatives!
PLEASE SPREAD THIS NEW PETITION- Click Here
(note: if you signed the last petition we’ll still be delivering to Obama and Salazar– but please sign this one too and have your comments sent directly)
Sheryl Crow Joins United Effort in Calling for Moratorium
November 21, 2009 by thecloudfoundationThank you to Sheryl Crow, Ed Harris, Wendie Malick and now Mariana Tosca and over 130 Organizations who have signed on to a unified letter calling for an immediate moratorium on roundups! Sheryl adopted a Pryor wild horse “Colorado” who was headed for the slaughterhouse back in 2005 until he was rescued and then adopted from the Cloud Foundation by Sheryl in 2006. Read more about Colorado here: From Slaughter to Celebrity
New E-mail from The Cloud Foundation!
Full press release here: 11-20-09 Press Release
We need more organizations and celebrities to sign on! More information here
From Politico.com, 11-20-09 article
More on the Equine Welfare Alliance website
photo: Ginger & Colorado
Study: Grazing threatens U.S. wildlife habitat- AP article
November 20, 2009 by thecloudfoundationBy Scott Sonner, Associated Press – Article here
