How can we help save the wild Mustang?

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Permalink Reply by Marti Langley on September 2, 2009 at 9:36pm

Nobody has any brilliant ideas to save our Mustangs??? I don't believe it.

Permalink Reply by Shirley on September 3, 2009 at 1:50pm

One thing that can be done is to spread the updates from different groups as to what is happening to the wild mustangs. I think there are many people that are not informed.
There are groups that have provided information and petitions to forward. We can all make a difference by taking the time to pass these along.
Same goes for the horse slaughter situation in the USA and around the world.

Permalink Reply by Marti Langley on September 9, 2009 at 12:07am

Shirley, I think people like to hide their heads in the sand sometimes. I wish they would just leave the horses be wild and quit the round-ups and other such silliness. There are enough domestic Mustangs for people to breed already. The rest should be left free. JMHO.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Lamm on September 16, 2009 at 3:56pm

Wait a minute, how did I miss this?????? ME of all people...\

I do not want to have my head in the sand, but it is hard for me to keep going with this.. I keep having breakdowns and crying... I called the BLM and the lady was so rude.. so happy that the BLM had prevailed.... ugh, going to round up a lot of horses she said.. I don't know what to do because too much money would be involved to buy land, put up their own pastures, plant, steralize, manage the herd.. but I'd sure love to be able to do it... I hope I win the lottery.. that is what I am going to do with the money.....

I put up on Facebook to sign the petition for the Mustangs and I got not even one comment... then I posted Olivers photos, the W.I.N. site, etc... nothing... so I'm afraid that the majority just doesn't care.. this in turn makes me turn a cold heart to people and I'm trying to let it go.. I think the horses are doomed.... unless someone very rich can help...

Permalink Reply by Marti Langley on September 19, 2009 at 10:31pm

Jenn, I did not see the petition. When did you put it on? I am not facebook savvy yet, so I could have missed it.

Permalink Reply by Linda Mascola on September 16, 2009 at 4:19pm

Hi Marti:

Are you by any chance in NE Nevada? My girlfriend was telling me about an incredibly similar situation. A woman had corralled a group of wild mustangs, then applied to adopt them. One of the mares had a foal which she wasn't prepared to adopt as she felt it would eventually cause problems with the pack leader.

From what I know, and I trust this person with everything in my being, they are beautifully healthy, and seem well-fed and happy. This to me is really fishy; why would anyone want to adopt these gorgeous animals who are free range mustangs except for money?

I don't know if this is the same group, but in general don't you feel that the mustangs want to run free, and not be herded or corralled...I just know they are beautiful animals, intelligent, and there are no words to describe the beauty they possess. This said, I would want them to be allowed to run free, exactly where they are.

Did anyone see the video of Patrick Swazey dancing with his Arabians? It so reminded me of the beauty of the dance of the wild horses...awesome.

Permalink Reply by Marti Langley on September 19, 2009 at 10:33pm

Linda, no, I am in Northern California. I have to see that video you speak of.

Permalink Reply by Shirley on September 17, 2009 at 9:38am

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"Are They Still Real?"
A young girl's question rings true as we continue to lose our herds of wild mustangs to uncontrollable mismanagement by our own government. Here is an update on Cloud's capture and release and what you can do now. Plus a preview of the new show!


Dear Friends of Cloud and his herd;



On September 9th six of us stood atop a low hill near the corrals where the Pryor wild horses would be set free. The first band to be released was Cloud’s. But, the family was missing the young members of the band and Cloud knew it. Instead of racing to freedom as he has done twice before, he dashed in a circle around his mares and lone foal, Jasmine. Again and again he tried to snake them back toward the corrals where part of his family was held captive.



It is the stallion father’s job to keep the family together and we saw a display unlike anything I have ever seen as Cloud swept past his band trying to keep them from returning to the mountain top. The whole time wranglers on horse back drove the band and yelled at the horses, trying to get them to leave. Cloud paid no attention to the riders on their tall horses. Instead he tried in vain to reunite his splintered family. In the end the mares won, racing away with Cloud grudgingly following. With tears in our eyes, we watched him disappear into the desert.




Two days earlier we had stood on high hill over looking the corrals watching as bands were driven in from the mountain top through the desert. My heart dropped as I spotted the pale horse in the distance with his band. It was Cloud. The helicopter pilot dipped and swerved, doing its best to bring his family in through the desert foothills. With the Black in the lead, the band broke back time and again, as if knowing what lay before them. Finally, the helicopter was able to press them into the wings of the trap and Cloud took the lead. The Judas horse was released and raced past him. What happened next was a first for me. Cloud completely ignored the lure of the Judas horse! When the corral came into view he slowed and the band pushed in around him, trying to run away from the helicopter. Dust swirled around them as Cloud stopped and turned to face the chopper and stood still for a few seconds. Then, he turned following his family into the corral. I have never seen this kind of defiant courage . . . ever.

And so, I ask that we take his lead. Courage is what we need now. Courage and tenacity.

We must keep up the fight.


photo above: Living Images by Carol Walker


SHOW PREVIEW HERE. The new PBS Nature Cloud program, "Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions" will premiere on Sunday, October 25th - many of the horses you will meet in this third chapter now sit in pens at the base of their mountain home. Please help us lobby for the release of the older horses immediately. You can read and follow our frequent updates on The Cloud Foundation blog here.

TAKE ACTION NOW:

Ask for the release of the older horses from the Pryor Mountain roundup, it is cruel and nonsensical to remove Grumpy, 21 year old mare, Conquistador, a 19-year-old band stallion, and the 11 other horses over ten years old. Ask for the immediate reform of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, call daily and fax your comments as well!

1. White House Switchboard – 202-456-1414 (fax: 202-456-2461) -- Ask for Senior Advisors: Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. Ask for Michelle Obama too, her office is receiving a tremendous number of calls and they need to continue.


2. Call your Senators – switchboard 202-224-3121 and ask that they support S1579, The Restore our American Mustang (ROAM) Act


3. Call the Senate Committee of Natural Resources – 202-224-4971 (fax 202-224-6163) Email here. ask that they push the ROAM Act through immediately– it must go up for a vote soon in the Senate


4. .Join us for for the next Advisory Board Meeting and "Mustangs on the Hill"- Sept. 28 & 29th

Please join me and many others at the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting in Arlington, VA on September 28th (click here for information). Make your voice heard – and then join us in DC on the hill for meetings with key members of the Senate as well as upper-level whitehouse and Department of Interior staff the following day. Our wild horses' hoofbeats need to be heard in Washington DC! More details to follow to be posted on our blog soon.

Our mailing address is:
The Cloud Foundation 107 South 7th St Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Our telephone:
719-633-3842

Copyright (C) 2008 The Cloud Foundation All rights reserved.

Permalink Reply by Marti Langley on September 19, 2009 at 10:30pm

Very important!! And people need to make sure the wild horses are heard, their hoofbeats and heartbeats. I hope people will adopt those in the holding pens, that aren't Cloud's herd or the older ones that should be freed. No more round-ups, please.