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"Lay off the horses, Mr. Obama." That is the referenced article's title, not ours. However, neither of the presidential candidates seem to have a clue about horses. How sad, considering how much equines have benefited mankind. Horses also fought, injured and died in battle by the millions in the U.S., and are still used in… Continue reading Lay off the horses, Mr. Obama
A MESSAGE FROM GINGER KATHRENS AND THE CLOUD FOUNDATION In an email shout out the followers of The Cloud Foundation, Ginger Kathrens asks: Are you willing to join me in calling and emailing everyday until election day to push for true protection of our wild horses and burros on their legally designated homes on America’s… Continue reading Election Day countdown for Mustangs: Call the Candidates
There is a big fuss going on about the Obama presidential campaign ad featuring the Romney's dressage horse Refalca dancing around while Romney fumbles for an answer to a question about his tax returns. Some say it is poor taste for Obama to feature the horse said to be Anne Romney's therapy horse (must be… Continue reading The campaign ad with the dancing horse and the rooftop dog that won’t go away
BACKSTORY On November 18, 2011, President Obama signed budget bill H.R. 2112 into law. H.R. 2112 covers funding for the federal government's fiscal year 2012, which runs October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. Agriculture Department spending, including the USDA, is part of that bill. Before H.R. 2112 was presented to the President, a small… Continue reading Occupy Obama’s mailbox against horse slaughter
Reno, NV (April 21, 2011) —Taxpayers and wild horse advocates join with The Cloud Foundation to protest on the streets of Reno as well as at the airport. They demand roundups stop and for the government to cease warehousing the last living symbols of the American West. A new wave of protests is sweeping across… Continue reading Nevada asks Obama to stop wild horse roundups
President Obama's dream for America has turned into a nightmare for horses, and a deadly one. We at the Int'l Fund for Horses all agree -- which is extremely rare -- that President Obama needs to go in 2012, and we will be campaigning against him to achieve just that. This may seem extreme. However,… Continue reading Obama dream a nightmare for horses
Written by VIVIAN GRANT Well, those of us following the BLM Public Meeting in Denver on the Wild Horse & Burro Program via live streaming just got kicked out. Here are my thoughts on what we heard once the audio was (pretty much) sorted out. Wild Horse & Burro Decimation Plan The bottom line is… Continue reading BLM Public Meeting June 14th: The plan remains the same
Laura Leigh has written a thought-provoking post with exquisite photography by Elyse Gardner entitled "The Birth of a Wild Horse: When Does a Life Count?" Think of the mother mares who have their foals with them in freedom, albeit under continued threat. Think of the mother mares who miscarried of their foals in government pens,… Continue reading Wild Horses: Think of the mother mares who have lost their foals
Americans are wondering what BLM is hiding as processing of nearly 1900 wild horses begins in Nevada. Protests continue to save an American icon as President Obama heads West THE CLOUD FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE Colorado Springs, CO (February 17, 2010) — The Cloud Foundation objects to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) severe limitations placed… Continue reading BLM denies public access to captured Calico Mustangs during processing
Clifford Hansen, a former U.S. senator from Wyoming who introduced the bill to create the program, said he now wishes he could remove his name from the legislation. The law was intended to recognize the significance of wild horses and burros," said Hansen, now 84, "but talk about a waste of public funds! -- Trail’s… Continue reading Former Senator regrets his part in BLM wild horse and burro program
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