Conquistador is now back with his mare on a ranch in Montana
The month of September was full of tragedy and also a lot of hope. 57 horses, aged less than one month to over 21 years old, were removed from their home in the Pryors. Rain, Image, Arrow, Ember, Sage and Summer were among the young horses to lose their freedom and families. I can report that all are doing well in their new homes. The real tragedy of this roundup was the removal of ten horses over the age of ten and the total number of horses removed. The Pryors herd is now only at 125. Montana’s only remaining wild horse herd is now below the levels recommended for minimum genetic viability and a number of the horses on the mountain top, including Cloud, are still lame.
Thanks to you and amazing efforts by Billings residents, the four family bands who were removed in their entirety from the Pryors are back together on a beautiful ranch in Montana, located at the base of their mountain home. Watching Conquistador reunite with his mare, Cavalitta, and Bo, Shane and Trigger do the same with their families was certainly a miracle. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, through your donations to the Freedom Fund, you action and your support. Donations for the continued work of the Cloud Foundation and care of these horses is still needed – please donate here.
From the auction the Cloud Foundation took the horses’ cause to Washington DC. Many advocates spoke at the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Advisory board meeting but this board is stacked against the horses and behaves much like the BLM. However, the next day we had a marvelous press conference at which Congressman Grijalva spoke and took questions. The group then met with over 45 Senate offices for “Mustangs on the Hill” to support the ROAM Act (S. 1579). Full video coverage of the Advisory Board Meeting and Press Conference should be up on the www.nvHorsePower.org site this week. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8509
Tags: BLM, Cloud Foundation, Equine Protection, wild horses
October 17, 2009